Patient Experience
I'm a 78-year-old retired teacher with chronic lumbar stenosis that made walking to my garden unbearable. Dr. Ustacik didn't just prescribe pills, he spent 45 minutes mapping my pain patterns with colored markers on a diagram, explaining how each nerve pathway worked. His 'gentle epidural' approach at Medical Park Gebze was unlike any injection I've had before; I felt pressure but zero sharp pain. Three weeks later, I'm tending my roses again. What impressed me most was how he adjusted his entire examination table height to accommodate my mobility issues without me asking.
Our 8-year-old daughter developed complex regional pain syndrome after a seemingly minor ankle sprain. We'd seen three specialists who spoke only to us, but Dr. Yasin knelt to eye-level with her, using toy medical dolls to show what he'd do. He created a 'superhero protocol' where each treatment session earned her a sticker toward a prize. His child-friendly nerve blocks at Medical Park (right across from Fatih State Hospital where we first went) were coordinated with pediatric physiotherapy. She's now back in dance class, we call him the 'pain whisperer for kids.'
As a 42-year-old chef, I rushed to Dr. Ustacik after a kitchen accident left me with second-degree burns and severe neuropathic pain in my dominant hand. This wasn't routine, it was an emergency he squeezed in after hours. He performed an ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve block right there in his procedure room, not the OR, using a portable device to precisely avoid damaged tissue. His follow-up included a customized 'desensitization toolkit' with textured materials for me to use while recovering. He even consulted with my physical therapist via video call during my appointment to synchronize care.
Six months post-spinal fusion elsewhere, I developed failed back surgery syndrome with radiating leg pain. Dr. Ustacik's approach was methodical: he reviewed my surgical films frame-by-frame, identified a subtle nerve entrapment everyone missed, and proposed a pulsed radiofrequency ablation. What stood out was his 'pain diary' analysis, he cross-referenced my weather app data with symptom flares, noting barometric pressure correlations. The procedure itself at Medical Park Gebze used a new neuro-navigation system I hadn't seen before. My pain reduced from 9/10 to 3/10, and he still texts monthly check-ins using a secure medical platform.