Op. MD. Necmettin Tutuncu

A childhood accident left our 11-year-old son Can with a traumatic bile duct injury that caused recurrent cholangitis. Multiple doctors said reconstruction was too risky. Dr. Tutuncu designed a hepaticojejunostomy using Can's own intestinal tissue, creating a new drainage pathway. The meticulous 5-hour surgery resolved all infections, and Can now eats normally without restrictions for the first time in years.

Our 3-day-old daughter, Elif, was born with esophageal atresia, her esophagus wasn't connected to her stomach. We were terrified she wouldn't survive. Dr. Tutuncu performed a thoracoscopic repair through three tiny incisions, reconnecting everything while sparing her ribs. She started feeding normally within a week. His ability to operate on something smaller than a finger with robotic precision saved her life.

As exchange students from Norway, our 8-year-old son Aksel developed sudden, severe abdominal pain during our Antalya vacation. Dr. Tutuncu diagnosed a rare Meckel's diverticulum complication that had perforated. He performed emergency laparoscopic surgery at midnight, removing the problematic tissue while preserving healthy intestine. Aksel was playing chess in his hospital bed 48 hours later, and we flew home on schedule.

My 14-year-old daughter Zeynep had a massive congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation occupying 40% of her left lung, discovered during a routine checkup. Dr. Tutuncu explained he could remove just the affected lobes, preserving her lung function. The post-assisted thoracic surgery left minimal scarring, and six months later, she won her first regional swimming competition with normal pulmonary capacity tests.

Our premature twins, born at 32 weeks, both developed necrotizing enterocolitis. One required emergency surgery. Dr. Tutuncu operated on Arda (1.8 kg) using magnifying loupes and micro-instruments, removing only the diseased bowel segment with a primary anastomosis. He visited both babies hourly for 72 hours post-op. Both are now thriving 2-year-olds with no digestive issues.