Prof. M.D. Yusuf Kenan Yalçınbaş

I'm a 72-year-old retired teacher who developed a painful, throbbing lump behind my knee that made walking unbearable. My local doctor mentioned an 'aneurysm' and I panicked. Dr. Yalçınbaş at Acibadem Bakırköy explained my popliteal artery aneurysm with such calm clarity, using simple drawings. His endovascular stent procedure felt like magic—tiny incisions, no major cutting. I was walking the corridor the next day without that dreadful pulsating pain. His team treated me with the respect you'd give a grandparent, not just another elderly case. Six months later at follow-up, the ultrasound showed perfect flow. He gave me back my morning park walks.

Our 8-year-old son, Ali, was born with a rare vascular malformation on his leg that ballooned suddenly after a playground fall. The ER referred us to Dr. Yusuf Kenan Yalçınbaş in sheer panic. He knelt to talk to Ali first, calling it a 'special map of veins' that needed fixing. The emergency embolization he performed was terrifying for us as parents, but his updates every 45 minutes were anchors. He used a minimally invasive approach specifically to avoid affecting Ali's growing bones. The malformation shrank dramatically. At our last visit, Ali showed him a drawing of 'Dr. Yusuf fixing my leg.' He treats children like people, not small adults.

As a 45-year-old long-distance cyclist, I ignored the cramping in my calves for years until one toe turned blue. Diagnosed with advanced iliac artery occlusion, I was told I might lose cycling forever. Dr. Yalçınbaş proposed a hybrid surgery—bypass combined with a cutting-edge angioplasty—that he tailored to preserve my athletic circulation. The surgical precision was one thing, but his discussion of postoperative capillary bed adaptation showed he understood an athlete's physiology. Three months of guided rehab later, I completed a 50km ride. He doesn't just fix vessels; he restores life rhythms.

My routine varicose vein checkup turned urgent when Dr. Yalçınbaş noticed subtle skin changes others had missed. He suspected an underlying deep vein issue and ordered an immediate Doppler. He was right—a silent DVT was hiding. His proactive approach prevented a potential pulmonary embolism. The treatment involved complex anticoagulation management and later, a meticulous venous ablation. What struck me was his 'whole-system' view; he explained how superficial and deep veins interact. His follow-up protocol is rigorous but reassuring. He turns routine appointments into lifesaving interventions with astonishing vigilance.