Dr. Gokhan Toker

Qualification and Experience

• Dr.Gokhan Toker has more than 25 years of experience as an orthopedic surgeon specially in Hip and knee prostheses and repairment.
• At present, He is a member of European Hip Society and also He is a current associate of the Izmir Chamber of Medicine.
• In 1983,Dr.Gokhan Toker graduated from Izmir Ataturk High School.
• He was awarded his bachelor's degree from the Ankara University Faculty of Medicine in 1990.
• During 1991 to 1996, he completed his specialty in Orthopaedics and Traumatology at Behcet Uz Children's Hospital. He spent one year at Izmir Training and Research Hospital for his specialization.
• He worked at Bornova Emergency Aid and Traumatology Hospital for more than a decade between 1996 to 2007.and at Bozyaka Training and Research Hospital between 2007 and 2010.
• He has multiple oral and written presentations at international and national events as well as articles published in local and international journals.

AREA OF INTEREST

• Hip Replacement and Hip Replacement Revision Surgery.
• Knee Replacement and Knee Replacement Revision Surgery.
• Shoulder, Elbow and Ankle Prosthesis Surgery.
• Orthopedic Tumor Surgery.
• Knee Arthroscopy (meniscus tear repairs, anterior-posterior cruciate ligament repair, inner-outer lateral ligament repairs, alignment disorders, cartilage damage and calcification treatment).
• Arthroscopic treatment of the Elbow and Ankle Problems and Prosthesis Surgery (Knee, Elbow, Shoulder and Hip).
• Upper and Lower Extremity Trauma Surgery (surgical and non-surgical treatment of fractures and dislocations), Foot and ankle deformity surgeries (hallux valgus, hallux rigidus, morton neuroma, nail surgeries)
• Nerve Surgeries (carpal-hand, cubital-elbow, tarsal-foot etc.)
• Sportsman's Health and Surgeries.

CONTRIBUTION TO MEDICAL SCIENCE

Dr. Gokhan Toker has over 50 papers published in international publications and over 100 papers presented at national and international congresses.

Some of the contributions include:

• Greater Trochanteric Fixation Using a Cable System for Partial Hip Arthroplasty: A Clinical and Finite Element Analysis.
• Treatment of reverse Hill-Sachs lesion by autograft reconstruction.