Prof. MD. Ahmet Fırat

Education and Specialization

• Gazi University Faculty of Medicine
  
• Atatürk Training and Research Hospital

Professional Experience

• 2001–2004 – S.B. Dr. Muhittin Ülker Emergency and Traumatology Training and Research Hospital, Orthopedics and Traumatology Clinic, Resident
  
• 2004–2006 – S.B. Ankara Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, Orthopedics and Traumatology Clinic, Resident
  
• 2007–2008 – S.B. Siirt State Hospital, Orthopedics and Traumatology Clinic, Specialist
  
• 2008–2009 – S.B. Şereflikoçhisar State Hospital, Orthopedics and Traumatology Clinic, Specialist
  
• 2009–2010 – S.B. Etlik Specialization Training and Research Hospital, Orthopedics and Traumatology Clinic, Specialist
  
• 2010–2011 – Gelibolu Military Hospital, Orthopedics and Traumatology Clinic, Medical Lieutenant
  
• 2011–2013 – S.B. Keçiören Training and Research Hospital, Orthopedics and Traumatology Clinic, Specialist
  
• 2013–2014 – S.B. Ankara Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, Orthopedics and Traumatology Clinic, Chief Assistant
  
• 2014–2019 – S.B. Ankara Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, Orthopedics and Traumatology Clinic, Associate Professor
  
• 2020–2022 – S.B. Ankara Bilkent City Hospital, Orthopedics and Traumatology Clinic, Professor
  
• 2022–2024 – S.B. Ankara Etlik City Hospital, Orthopedics and Traumatology Clinic, Professor

Professional Memberships

• Turkish Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology (TOTBİD)
  
• Turkish Society of Sports Injuries, Arthroscopy and Knee Surgery
  
• Turkish Shoulder and Elbow Surgery Society
  
• Turkish Hip Preservation Society
  
• European Society for Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA)
  
• ESSKA European Hip Preservation Associates

Research and Publications

• 1: Kocabey Y, Fırat A, Yıldırım A, Paksoy AE, Öner K, Veizi E. The Periosteum-
• Patellar Tendon-Bone Autograft for Anatomic, Single-Bundle Anterior Cruciate
• Ligament Reconstruction With Press-Fit Tibial Fixation. Arthrosc Tech. 2024 Apr
• 30;13(8):103021. doi: 10.1016/j.eats.2024.103021. PMID: 39233812; PMCID:
• PMC11369939.
• 2: Kılıçarslan K, Naldöven ÖF, Veizi E, Güven Ş, Çepni Ş, Fırat A. C-Reactive
• Protein and Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rates after Total and Unicompartmental
• Knee Arthroplasty-Less Implant Equals Quicker Normalization. J Long Term Eff Med
• Implants. 2024;34(4):49-55. doi: 10.1615/JLongTermEffMedImplants.2023050965.
• PMID: 38842232.
• 3: Fırat A, Veizi E, Koutserimpas C, Alkan H, Şahin A, Güven Ş, Erdoğan Y.
• Extended Interportal Capsulotomy for Hip Arthroscopy, a Single-Center Clinical
• Experience. Medicina (Kaunas). 2024 Apr 29;60(5):738. doi:
• 10.3390/medicina60050738. PMID: 38792921; PMCID: PMC11123463.
• 4: Akgun E, Emet A, Tepedelenlioglu E, Sibar K, Gok H, Firat A. Surgical
• treatment of patellar tendon rupture after total knee arthroplasty with a
• double-row repair method using the hamstring tendons: A novel technique with
• functional results. Medicine (Baltimore). 2024 Apr 26;103(17):e37875. doi:
• 10.1097/MD.0000000000037875. PMID: 38669383; PMCID: PMC11049757.
• 5: Emet A, Veizi E, Karaman Y, Akgun E, Tolunay T, Firat A. Volar fixed plating
• of distal radius fractures: optimizing plate position for enhanced clinical
• outcomes. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2024 Apr 23;25(1):320. doi:
• 10.1186/s12891-024-07415-z. PMID: 38654260; PMCID: PMC11036783.
• 6: Barça F, Atilla HA, Demir EB, Çevik K, Ilgın BU, Atlı OY, Yüksel S, Şibar K,
• Ünlü S, Duman E, Fırat A, Akdoğan M. Comparison of single and double incision
• leg fasciotomy in disaster settings-Experience from 2023 Türkiye earthquakes.
• Injury. 2024 Jun;55(6):111582. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2024.111582. Epub 2024 Apr
• 17. PMID: 38640595.
• 7: Fırat A, Veizi E, Karaman Y, Alkan H, Şahin A, Tolunay T, Kılıçarslan K.
• Unrepaired Trochanteric Bursae as a Risk Factor for Deep Gluteal Syndrome After
• Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial. J
• Arthroplasty. 2024 Apr;39(4):1025-1030. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2023.10.049. Epub
• 2023 Nov 2. Erratum in: J Arthroplasty. 2024 Sep 11:S0883-5403(24)00867-2. doi:
• 10.1016/j.arth.2024.08.023. PMID: 37924993.
• 8: Şahin A, Çepni Ş, Veizi E, Erdoğan Y, Fırat A, Kılıçarslan K. Advantages of
• Simultaneous Cementless Bilateral Unicondylar Knee Arthroplasty Compared to
• Staged Surgery. Clin Orthop Surg. 2023 Oct;15(5):752-759. doi:
• 10.4055/cios22178. Epub 2022 Oct 20. PMID: 37811517; PMCID: PMC10551677.
• 9: Alkan H, Karaman Y, Güven Ş, Biçici V, Subaşı İÖ, Yaşar NE, Fırat A. Are
• There Any Significant Risk Factors Associated with Lateral Trochanteric Pain in
• Patients Who Have Undergone Primary Hip Replacement? Cureus. 2023 Sep
• 7;15(9):e44863. doi: 10.7759/cureus.44863. PMID: 37809213; PMCID: PMC10560105.
• 10: Alkan H, Erdoğan Y, Veizi E, Sezgin BS, Çepni Ş, Mert HÇ, Fırat A. Better
• sex after hip arthroscopy; Sexual dysfunction in patients with femoro-acetabular
• impingement syndrome. Orthop Traumatol Surg Res. 2023 Sep 29:103693. doi:
• 10.1016/j.otsr.2023.103693. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37776950.
• 11: Subaşı İÖ, Çepni Ş, Tanoğlu O, Veizi E, Alkan H, Yapici F, Firat A. A
• clinical comparison of two different surgical techniques in the treatment of
• acute Achilles tendon ruptures: Limited-open approach vs. percutaneous approach.
• Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg. 2023 Aug;29(8):935-943. doi:
• 10.14744/tjtes.2023.90839. PMID: 37563893; PMCID: PMC10560806.
• 12: Subaşı İÖ, Veizi E, Çepni Ş, Alkan H, Oğuz T, Fırat A. Clinical Examination
• Findings Can Accurately Diagnose Developmental Dysplasia of The Hip-A Large,
• Single-Center Cohort. Children (Basel). 2023 Feb 4;10(2):304. doi:
• 10.3390/children10020304. PMID: 36832433; PMCID: PMC9954844.
• 13: Veizi E, Erdoğan Y, Sezgin BS, Karaman Y, Kılıçarslan K, Fırat A. The
• painful joint after COVID-19 treatment: A study on joint osteonecrosis following
• COVID-19-related corticosteroid use. Jt Dis Relat Surg. 2023;34(1):75-83. doi:
• 10.52312/jdrs.2023.895. Epub 2022 Dec 27. PMID: 36700267; PMCID: PMC9903115.
• 14: Veizi E, Çelik Z, Güneş BE, Beşer CG, Demiryürek D, Fırat A. To wedge or not
• to wedge; A cadaveric comparison study of two medial malleolar osteotomy
• modalities. Foot Ankle Surg. 2022 Dec;28(8):1248-1253. doi:
• 10.1016/j.fas.2022.05.007. Epub 2022 May 26. PMID: 35641379.
• 15: Aydın M, Veizi E, Çepni Ş, Şahin A, Fırat A. Transosseous repair with a
• cortical implant for greater tubercle cyst-related rotator cuff tear results in
• good clinical outcomes, but significant implant migration. Knee Surg Sports
• Traumatol Arthrosc. 2022 Oct;30(10):3499-3507. doi: 10.1007/s00167-022-06958-9.
• Epub 2022 Apr 2. PMID: 35366077.
• 16: Veizi E, Alkan H, Çay N, Şahin A, Çepni Ş, Tecimel O, Fırat A. Clinical and
• radiological comparison of bioactive glass and poly-L-lactic acid/hydroxyapatite
• bioabsorbable interference screws for tibial graft fixation in anterior cruciate
• ligament reconstruction. Orthop Traumatol Surg Res. 2022 May;108(3):103247. doi:
• 10.1016/j.otsr.2022.103247. Epub 2022 Feb 12. PMID: 35167963.
• 17: Çepni Ş, Veizi E, Erdoğan Y, Şahin A, Fırat A, Kılıçarslan K. Closure of the
• femoral medullary canal after retrograde nailing using an in-situ osteochondral
• autograft-Technical trick and a case series. Injury. 2022 Feb;53(2):798-801.
• doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2021.10.030. Epub 2021 Oct 30. PMID: 34742571.
• 18: Veizi E, Çay N, Güven Ş, Şahin A, Fırat A, Kılıçarslan K. Plain Radiographs
• Can Safely Be Used to Measure and Follow Up on Tibial Component Alignment in
• Unicondylar Knee Replacement: A Correlation Study With CT Scans. Cureus. 2021
• Aug 5;13(8):e16902. doi: 10.7759/cureus.16902. PMID: 34513475; PMCID:
• PMC8418210.
• 19: Çepni Ş, Subaşı İÖ, Şahin A, Bozkurt İ, Fırat A, Kılıçarslan K. Tip-neck
• distance ratio as a novel predictor for failure in cephalomedullary nailing of
• unstable trochanteric fractures (UTF). Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 2022
• Oct;142(10):2619-2626. doi: 10.1007/s00402-021-03999-6. Epub 2021 Jun 19. PMID:
• 34146115.
• 20: Veizi E, Fırat A, Çepni Ş, İnan HM, Kılıçarslan K. Segmental Defect-Bridging
• Intramedullary Knee Arthrodesis for Osseous Hydatidosis of the Distal Femur: A
• Case Report. Cureus. 2021 Feb 11;13(2):e13273. doi: 10.7759/cureus.13273. PMID:
• 33728208; PMCID: PMC7955198.
• 21: Veizi E, Fırat A, Tecimel O, Çepni Ş, Subaşı İÖ, Kılıçarslan K. The Change
• in Posterior Tibial Slope After Cementless Unicondylar Knee Arthroplasty. J
• Arthroplasty. 2021 May;36(5):1784-1791. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2020.12.041. Epub
• 2020 Dec 30. PMID: 33478893.
• 22: Tecimel O, Bozkurt İ, Çepni Ş, Yaman F, Fırat A, Öçgüder DA. The comparison
• of single plate and double plate fixation methods for treatment of humeral shaft
• nonunions. Jt Dis Relat Surg. 2021;32(1):67-74. doi: 10.5606/ehc.2021.74488.
• Epub 2021 Jan 6. PMID: 33463420; PMCID: PMC8073438.
• 23: Çepni Ş, Yaman F, Veizi E, Fırat A, Çay N, Tecimel O. Does Malrotation After
• Minimally Invasive Plate Osteosynthesis Treatment of Distal Tibia Metaphyseal
• Fractures Effect the Functional Results of the Ankle and Knee Joints? J Orthop
• Trauma. 2021 Sep 1;35(9):492-498. doi: 10.1097/BOT.0000000000002053. PMID:
• 33395180.
• 24: Fırat A, Veizi E, Çepni Ş, Subaşı İÖ, Kılıçarslan K. The "Motionless
• Gastrocnemius": A Reliable Sign for Safe Graft Harvesting. Arthrosc Tech. 2020
• Nov 16;9(12):e1879-e1884. doi: 10.1016/j.eats.2020.08.014. PMID: 33381395;
• PMCID: PMC7768048.
• 25: Fırat A, Aydın M, Tecimel O, Öçgüder A, Sanisoğlu Y, Uğurlu M. Comparison of
• the clinical and radiological outcomes of arthroscopic transosseous and
• transosseous-equivalent double-row rotator cuff repair techniques. Acta Orthop
• Traumatol Turc. 2020 Mar;54(2):178-185. doi: 10.5152/j.aott.2020.02.37. PMID:
• 32254034; PMCID: PMC7286160.
• 26: Öçgüder DA, Fırat A, Özdemir M, Tecimel O. Is the use of headless
• compression screws appropriate in arthroscopic ankle arthrodesis? Eklem Hastalik
• Cerrahisi. 2017 Dec;28(3):171-6. doi: 10.5606/ehc.2017.55466. PMID: 29125815.
• 27: Bozkurt M, Akkaya M, Tahta M, Gursoy S, Firat A. Tibial Base Plate for Total
• Knee Arthroplasty: Symmetric or Asymmetric? Clin Orthop Surg. 2017
• Sep;9(3):280-285. doi: 10.4055/cios.2017.9.3.280. Epub 2017 Aug 4. PMID:
• 28861194; PMCID: PMC5567022.
• 28: Yılmaz S, Cankaya D, Fırat A, Devecı A, Ozkurt B, Bozkurt M. COMBINED
• INSIDE-OUT AND ALL-INSIDE TECHNIQUE IN BUCKET-HANDLE MENISCUS TEARS. Acta Ortop
• Bras. 2016 Jul-Aug;24(4):179-183. doi: 10.1590/1413-785220162404156575. PMID:
• 28243169; PMCID: PMC5035687.
• 29: Yilmaz S, Cankaya D, Deveci A, Firat A, Ozkurt B, Bozkurt M. The impact of
• joint line restoration on functional results after hinged knee prosthesis.
• Indian J Orthop. 2016 Mar-Apr;50(2):136-45. doi: 10.4103/0019-5413.177580. PMID:
• 27053802; PMCID: PMC4800955.
• 30: Bozkurt M, Firat A, Gursoy S, Akkaya M. Rotator Cerclage Technique for
• Partial Rotator Cuff Ruptures. Arthrosc Tech. 2015 Oct 21;4(5):e589-93. doi:
• 10.1016/j.eats.2015.07.004. PMID: 26900559; PMCID: PMC4722782.
• 31: Deveci A, Yilmaz S, Firat A, Yildirim AO, Oken OF, Gulcek M, Ucaner A. An
• Overlooked Deformity in Patients with Hallux Valgus Tailor's Bunion. J Am
• Podiatr Med Assoc. 2015 May;105(3):233-7. doi: 10.7547/0003-0538-105.3.233.
• PMID: 26146969.
• 32: Işik C, Apaydin N, Açar HI, Cay N, Firat A, Bozkurt M. Robotic hip
• arthroscopy: a cadaveric feasibility study. Acta Orthop Traumatol Turc.
• 2014;48(2):207-11. doi: 10.3944/AOTT.2014.3273. PMID: 24747631.
• 33: Deveci A, Fırat A, Bozkurt M, Hücümenoğlu S. A case of osteoid osteoma in
• the distal radius epiphysis with atypical onset. Acta Orthop Traumatol Turc.
• 2014;48(1):98-101. doi: 10.3944/AOTT.2014.2502. PMID: 24643108.
• 34: Deveci A, Firat A, Yilmaz S, Yildirim AO, Acar HI, Unal KO, Bozkurt M.
• Acromioclavicular reconstruction using hook plate and anterior tibial tendon
• allograft with triple tunnel: The early results of revision surgery using a
• novel surgical technique. Int J Shoulder Surg. 2013 Oct;7(4):132-8. doi:
• 10.4103/0973-6042.123513. PMID: 24403760; PMCID: PMC3883187.
• 35: Fırat A, Tecimel O, Işık C, Ozdemir M, Oçgüder A, Bozkurt M. Tibia pilon
• kırıklarının tedavisinde İlizarov eksternal fiksatörü: Ayak bileği eklemli mi
• yoksa sabit mi? [Ilizarov external fixator in the management of tibial pilon
• fractures: ankle hinged vs ankle fixed frame]. Eklem Hastalik Cerrahisi.
• 2013;24(3):133-8. Turkish. doi: 10.5606/ehc.2013.30. PMID: 24191877.
• 36: Yildiz KI, Isik C, Tecimel O, Cay N, Firat A, Akmese R, Bozkurt M. Use of
• contact pressure-sensitive surfaces as an indicator of graft tension in medial
• patellofemoral ligament reconstruction. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 2013
• Dec;133(12):1657-63. doi: 10.1007/s00402-013-1874-7. Epub 2013 Oct 29. PMID:
• 24166678.
• 37: Akmeşe R, Yildiz KI, Işik Ç, Tecimel O, Bilgetekin YG, Firat A, Özakinci H,
• Bozkurt M. Combined arthroscopic synovectomy and radiosynoviorthesis in the
• treatment of chronic non-specific synovitis of the knee. Arch Orthop Trauma
• Surg. 2013 Nov;133(11):1567-73. doi: 10.1007/s00402-013-1853-z. Epub 2013 Sep
• 19. PMID: 24048363.
• 38: Deveci A, Firat A, Yilmaz S, Oken OF, Yildirim AO, Ucaner A, Bozkurt M.
• Short-term clinical and radiologic results of the scarf osteotomy: what factors
• contribute to recurrence? J Foot Ankle Surg. 2013 Nov-Dec;52(6):771-5. doi:
• 10.1053/j.jfas.2013.04.003. Epub 2013 May 8. PMID: 23663877.
• 39: Firat A, Catma F, Tunc B, Hacihafizoglu C, Altay M, Bozkurt M, Kapicioglu
• MI. The attic of the femoral tunnel in anterior cruciate ligament
• reconstruction: a comparison of outcomes of two suspensory femoral fixation
• systems. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2014 May;22(5):1097-105. doi:
• 10.1007/s00167-013-2486-z. Epub 2013 Apr 4. PMID: 23552667.
• 40: Işik Ç, Tecimel O, Akmeşe R, Firat A, Tahta M, Bozkurt M. The comparison of
• plate-screw and tension band techniques in the osteosynthesis of Danis-Weber
• Type A and B lateral malleolar fractures. Acta Orthop Traumatol Turc.
• 2013;47(1):27-31. doi: 10.3944/aott.2013.3009. PMID: 23549314.
• 41: Firat A, Tecimel O, Deveci A, Ocguder A, Bozkurt M. Surgical technique:
• supine patient position with the contralateral leg elevated for femoral
• intramedullary nailing. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2013 Feb;471(2):640-8. doi:
• 10.1007/s11999-012-2722-8. Epub 2012 Dec 6. PMID: 23224771; PMCID: PMC3549150.
• 42: Altay M, Demirkale I, Senturk F, Firat A, Kapicioglu S. Results of medial
• open reduction of developmental dysplasia of the hip with regard to walking age.
• J Pediatr Orthop B. 2013 Jan;22(1):36-41. doi: 10.1097/BPB.0b013e3283587631.
• PMID: 22990437.
• 43: Fırat A, Deveci A, Güler F, Oçgüder A, Oğuz T, Bozkurt M. Evaluation of
• shoulder and elbow functions after treatment of humeral shaft fractures: a
• 20-132-month follow-up study. Acta Orthop Traumatol Turc. 2012;46(4):229-36.
• doi: 10.3944/aott.2012.2486. PMID: 22951752.
• 44: Ocguder A, Firat A, Tecimel O, Solak S, Bozkurt M. Two-stage total infected
• knee arthroplasty treatment with articulating cement spacer. Arch Orthop Trauma
• Surg. 2010 Jun;130(6):719-25. doi: 10.1007/s00402-010-1054-y. Epub 2010 Feb 9.
• PMID: 20143079.
• 45: Ocguder A, Tecimel O, Firat A, Bozkurt M. Silent swelling of the tibia in a
• 43-year-old man. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2008 Oct;466(10):2565-9. doi:
• 10.1007/s11999-008-0157-z. Epub 2008 Feb 14. PMID: 18273675; PMCID: PMC2584303.