Prof. Dr. Emre Ünal

• Makaleler (SCI/SCI-E, Ulusal Dergiler)
• Ozdemir Simsek D, Unal E, Debbag S, Gudeloglu A, Karagoz AH. Anesthesia management in oncology patients undergoing irreversible electroporation outside the operating room: a case series. BMC Anesthesiol. 2026 Jun 1. doi: 10.1186/s12871-026-03971-0. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42219461.
• Örsten S, Baysal İ, Sarıkaya M, Yagmur E, Bozkurt O, Ünal E, Çiftçi SY, Dinçer HA, Dirim D, Akıncı D, Doğrul AB, Karaağaoğlu E, Korkmaz M, Akyön Y, Çiftçi T, Akhan O. Exploring the Diagnostic Potential of Parasite-Derived miRNAs in Cystic Echinococcosis: Are We Getting Closer? Trop Med Int Health. 2026 Feb;31(2):190-197. doi: 10.1111/tmi.70058. Epub 2025 Nov 10. PMID: 41215593.
• Ozel F, Isik I, Goker B, Unal E, Ciftci TT, Akinci D, Ayvaz M. Long-term results of CT-guided radiofrequency ablation therapy in patients with osteoid osteoma : retrospective outcome analysis. Bone Jt Open. 2025 Oct 14;6(10):1260-1265. doi: 10.1302/2633-1462.610.BJO-2025-0195.R1. PMID: 41083162; PMCID: PMC12517971.
• Ünal E, Esen Ü, Uysal A, Çiftçi TT, Akinci D, Parlak E. Combined endoscopic-percutaneous approach for magnetic compression anastomosis in post-transplant anastomotic biliary strictures. Eur Radiol. 2025 Oct;35(10):6598-6607. doi: 10.1007/s00330-025-11634-w. Epub 2025 Apr 27. PMID: 40287869; PMCID: PMC12417223.
• Akhan O, Özbay Y, Ünal E, Karaagaoglu E, Çiftçi TT, Akıncı D. Long-Term Results of Modified Catheterization Technique in the Treatment of CE Type 2 and 3b Liver Hydatid Cysts. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2025 Apr;48(4):503-511. doi: 10.1007/s00270-025-03976-1. Epub 2025 Feb 14. PMID: 39953155; PMCID: PMC11958407.
• Ünal E, Çiftçi TT, Akinci D, Parlak E. Magnets in action: role of interventional radiologists in magnetic compression anastomosis procedures. Insights Imaging. 2024 May 31;15(1):128. doi: 10.1186/s13244-024-01705-9. PMID: 38816640; PMCID: PMC11139847.
• Azizova A, Ciftci TT, Gultekin M, Unal E, Akhan O, Bozdag G, Akinci D. Ethanol Sclerotherapy in the Management of Ovarian Endometrioma: Technical Considerations for Catheter- and Needle-Directed Sclerotherapy. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2024 Jul;47(7):891-900. doi: 10.1007/s00270-024-03694-0. Epub 2024 Mar 29. PMID: 38551784; PMCID: PMC11239738.
• Baysal İ, Örsten S, Cengiz G, Ünal E, Doğrul AB, Çiftçi T, Çiftçi SY, Akinci D, Akhan O. Assessing the Potential Apoptotic Effects of Different Hydatid Cyst Fluids on Human Healthy Hepatocytes and Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells. Acta Parasitol. 2024 Mar;69(1):700-709. doi: 10.1007/s11686-024-00797-z. Epub 2024 Feb 19. PMID: 38372909; PMCID: PMC11001659.
• Ünal E, Çiftçi TT, Akinci D. Magnetic Compression Anastomosis of Benign Short-Segment Ureteral Obstruction. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2024 Mar;35(3):398-403. doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2023.11.020. Epub 2023 Nov 27. PMID: 38029959.
• Taydaş O, Ünal E, Akıncı D, Şeker M, Topçuoğlu OM, Akhan O, Çiftçi TT. Percutaneous nephrostomy in infants: a 20-year single-center experience. Diagn Interv Radiol. 2024 Sep 9;30(5):318-324. doi: 10.4274/dir.2023.232276. Epub 2023 Aug 18. PMID: 37593945; PMCID: PMC11590733.
• Ardalı Düzgün S, Ünal E, Çiftçi TT, Öztürk E, Akhan O, Akıncı D. Role of interventional radiology in the management of iatrogenic urinary tract injury: the factors affecting the outcome. Diagn Interv Radiol. 2024 Jul 8;30(4):256-261. doi: 10.4274/dir.2023.232129. Epub 2023 Jun 5. PMID: 37272307; PMCID: PMC11589513.
• Akhan O, Akçalar S, Ünal E, Metin Y, Çiftçi T, Akıncı D. Radiofrequency Ablation for Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases: Outcomes and Prognostic Factors Associated with Survival. Turk J Gastroenterol. 2023 Jun;34(6):645-651. doi: 10.5152/tjg.2023.22088. PMID: 37232461; PMCID: PMC10441159.
• Akhan O, Erdemir AG, Karahan S, Ünal E, Çiftçi TT, Akıncı D, Yalçın Ş. Long-term results of liver thermal ablation in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma and colorectal cancer liver metastasis regarding spatial features and tumor-specific variables. Diagn Interv Radiol. 2024 May 13;30(3):183-192. doi: 10.4274/dir.2023.221986. Epub 2023 Mar 20. PMID: 36994643; PMCID: PMC11095064.
• Akıncı D, Ünal E, Çiftçi TT, Özkan OŞ, Akhan O. Management of single double-J stent failure in malignant ureteral obstruction: tandem ureteral stenting with less frequent stent exchange. Diagn Interv Radiol. 2023 Mar 29;29(2):312-317. doi: 10.5152/dir.2022.21638. Epub 2023 Feb 28. PMID: 36987982; PMCID: PMC10679700.
• Akıncı D, Ünal E, Çiftçi TT, Özkan OŞ, Akhan O. Management of single double-J stent failure in malignant ureteral obstruction: tandem ureteral stenting with less frequent stent exchange. Diagn Interv Radiol. 2023 Mar 29;29(2):312-317. doi: 10.5152/dir.2022.21638. Epub 2023 Feb 28. PMID: 36987982; PMCID: PMC10679700.
• Demirtaş D, Ünal E, İdilman İS, Akçören Z, Göktaş MA, Boyraz MS, Karahan S, Orhan D, Haliloğlu M, Karçaaltıncaba M, Özen H. Magnetic resonance elastography in evaluation of liver fibrosis in children with chronic liver disease. Insights Imaging. 2023 Feb 28;14(1):39. doi: 10.1186/s13244-023-01390-0. PMID: 36854936; PMCID: PMC9975132.
• Ünal E, Çiftçi TT, Akhan O, Akinci D. Imaging-Guided De Novo Retrograde Ureteral Access and Stent Placement without Cystoscopy in Women. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2023 May;34(5):902-909. doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2022.12.483. Epub 2023 Feb 2. PMID: 36736691.
• Örsten S, Baysal İ, Çiftçi T, Ünal E, Yabanoğlu Çiftçi S, Doğrul AB, Akıncı D, Akyön Y, Akhan O. Evaluation of Potential Inflammatory Markers for Cystic Echinococcosis: P-selectin and Resistin. Turkiye Parazitol Derg. 2022 Sep 12;46(3):195-200. English. doi: 10.4274/tpd.galenos.2022.55265. PMID: 36094120.
• Akhan O, Yildiz O, Unal E, Yildiz AE, Ciftci TT, Akinci D. Case Report: Imaging-Guided Percutaneous Catheterization and Microwave Ablation of a Bone Hydatid Cyst with Soft-Tissue Component. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2022 Jul 25;107(3):632-635. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.22-0066. PMID: 35895346; PMCID: PMC9490662.
• Örsten S, Baysal İ, Yabanoglu-Ciftci S, Ciftci T, Ünal E, Akıncı D, Akyön Y, Akhan O. Can parasite-derived microRNAs differentiate active and inactive cystic echinococcosis patients? Parasitol Res. 2022 Jan;121(1):191-196. doi: 10.1007/s00436-021-07382-7. Epub 2021 Nov 23. PMID: 34811587.
• Ciftci TT, Yabanoglu-Ciftci S, Unal E, Akinci D, Baysal I, Yuce G, Dogrul AB, Orsten S, Akhan O, Nemutlu E. Metabolomic profiling of active and inactive liver cystic echinococcosis. Acta Trop. 2021 Sep;221:105985. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2021.105985. Epub 2021 May 26. PMID: 34048790.
• Turan Ciftci T, Akinci D, Unal E, Tanır G, Artas H, Akhan O. Percutaneous management of complicated parapneumonic effusion and empyema after surgical tube thoracostomy failure in children: a retrospective study. Diagn Interv Radiol. 2021 May;27(3):401-407. doi: 10.5152/dir.2021.20331. PMID: 34003128; PMCID: PMC8136531.
• Ünal E, Arslan S, Aghayeva G, Sarıkaya Y, Çiftçi T, Önder S, Akıncı D, Akhan O. Rare Pulmonary Tumors and Carcinoma Mimickers; Experience from an Interventional Radiology Unit with Radiologic-pathologic Correlation- A Pictoral Essay. Curr Med Imaging. 2021;17(10):1183-1190. doi: 10.2174/1573405617666210420105624. PMID: 33881972.
• Arslan S, Ünal E. One of the many faces of COVID-19 infection: an irregularly shaped pulmonary nodule. Insights Imaging. 2021 Apr 16;12(1):48. doi: 10.1186/s13244-021-00987-7. PMID: 33861380; PMCID: PMC8050999.
• Ciftci TT, Unal E, Azizova A, Ayyildiz VA, Akinci D, Akhan O. Renal Cystic Echinococcosis: Long-Term Outcomes of Percutaneous Treatment. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2021 Jun;32(6):890-895.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2021.03.519. Epub 2021 Mar 13. PMID: 33727151.
• Parlak E, Simsek C, Koksal AS, Eminler AT, Unal E, Ciftci TT, Akinci D, Yilmaz S. The Classification of Biliary Strictures in Patients With Right-Lobe Liver Transplant Recipients and Its Relation to Traversing the Stricture With a Guidewire. Transplantation. 2022 Feb 1;106(2):328-336. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000003738. PMID: 33724243.
• Akhan O, Yildiz O, Unal E, Ciftci TT, Akinci D. Percutaneous Treatment of Bone Hydatid Cyst. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2021 Jul;44(7):1131-1134. doi: 10.1007/s00270-021-02796-3. Epub 2021 Mar 15. PMID: 33723665.
• Akhan O, Sarıkaya Y, Köksal A, Ünal E, Çiftçi T, Akıncı D. Irreversible Electroporation of Recurrent Hepatocellular Carcinoma After Liver Transplantation: Report of Two Cases. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2021 May;44(5):807-811. doi: 10.1007/s00270-021-02784-7. Epub 2021 Mar 2. PMID: 33655357.
• Uysal A, Unal E, Karaosmanoglu AD, Arellano R, Ciftci TT, Akinci D, Akhan O. The role of interventional radiology in the treatment of patients with pancreatic cancer. Br J Radiol. 2021 Feb 1;94(1118):20200702. doi: 10.1259/bjr.20200702. Epub 2020 Nov 12. PMID: 33156695; PMCID: PMC7934303.
• Akhan O, Erdoğan E, Ciftci TT, Unal E, Karaağaoğlu E, Akinci D. Cystobiliary Fistula of Liver CE Treatment as a Major Problem. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2020 Nov;43(11):1718-1719. doi: 10.1007/s00270-020-02631-1. Epub 2020 Sep 10. PMID: 32914369.
• Ünal E, Arslan S, Onur MR, Akpinar E. Parasitic diseases as a cause of acute abdominal pain: imaging findings. Insights Imaging. 2020 Jul 20;11(1):86. doi: 10.1186/s13244-020-00892-5. PMID: 32691171; PMCID: PMC7371776.
• Yildiz O, Unal E, Ciftci TT, Akinci D, Ariyurek OM. An unusual presentation of pulmonary artery sarcoma: Several pseudoaneurysms with massive hemoptysis. Am J Emerg Med. 2020 Sep;38(9):1966.e1-1966.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2020.05.004. Epub 2020 May 7. PMID: 32444291.
• Akhan O, Erdoğan E, Ciftci TT, Unal E, Karaağaoğlu E, Akinci D. Comparison of the Long-Term Results of Puncture, Aspiration, Injection and Re-aspiration (PAIR) and Catheterization Techniques for the Percutaneous Treatment of CE1 and CE3a Liver Hydatid Cysts: A Prospective Randomized Trial. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2020 Jul;43(7):1034-1040. doi: 10.1007/s00270-020-02477-7. Epub 2020 May 7. PMID: 32382859.
• Eldem FG, Akıncı D, Çiftçi T, Ünal E, Yıldırım T, Karabulut E, Aki FT, Akhan O. Percutaneous Management of Ureteral Obstructions and Leak After Renal Transplant. Exp Clin Transplant. 2021 Aug;19(8):788-798. doi: 10.6002/ect.2019.0422. Epub 2020 Apr 29. PMID: 32370698.
• Akın MŞ, Ağaçkıran D, Ünal E, Yavuz ÖÖ, Yiğit Ş. Neonatal iliopsoas abscess presenting with transient cyanosis of a single extremity: a case report and review of the literature. Turk J Pediatr. 2020;62(1):160-164. doi: 10.24953/turkjped.2020.01.025. PMID: 32253885.
• Ünal E, Karcaaltincaba M. Venous Invasion in Gastric Cancer. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2020 Jan;214(1):W67. doi: 10.2214/AJR.19.21875. PMID: 31860357.
• Ünal E, İdilman İS, Karaosmanoğlu AD, Özmen MN, Akata D, Karcaaltıncaba M. Hyperintensity at fat spared area in steatotic liver on the hepatobiliary phase MRI. Diagn Interv Radiol. 2019 Nov;25(6):416-420. doi: 10.5152/dir.2019.18535. PMID: 31650968; PMCID: PMC6837304.
• Ünal E, Karcaaltincaba M. Aberrant left gastric vein is associated with hepatic artery variations. Abdom Radiol (NY). 2019 Sep;44(9):3127-3132. doi: 10.1007/s00261-019-02076-2. PMID: 31144090.
• Bekci T, Unal E, Polat AV. “T2-hypointense dot sign”: A novel and highly suggestive clue for the diagnosis of ovarian torsion. Clin Imaging. 2019 Jul-Aug;56:69-72. doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2019.03.012. Epub 2019 Mar 26. PMID: 30933848.
• Ünal E, Karcaaltincaba M, Akpinar E, Ariyurek OM. The imaging appearances of various pericardial disorders. Insights Imaging. 2019 Mar 29;10(1):42. doi: 10.1186/s13244-019-0728-4. PMID: 30927107; PMCID: PMC6441059.
• Akinci D, Unal E, Ciftci TT, Kyendyebai S, Abbasoglu O, Akhan O. Endobiliary Radiofrequency Ablation in the Percutaneous Management of Refractory Benign Bilioenteric Anastomosis Strictures. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2019 Mar;212(3):W83-W91. doi: 10.2214/AJR.18.19751. Epub 2019 Jan 8. PMID: 30620674.
• Ünal E, Karcaaltincaba M. Oxaliplatin-Induced Liver Changes on Gadoxetate Disodium-Enhanced Liver MRI. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2018 Aug;211(2):W133. doi: 10.2214/AJR.18.19722. PMID: 30036094.
• Unal E, Karaosmanoglu AD, Ozmen MN, Akata D, Karcaaltincaba M. Computed Tomography-Based Diagnosis of Gastric Vein Invasion in Patients with Gastric Cancer. Eurasian J Med. 2018 Jun;50(2):91-95. doi: 10.5152/eurasianjmed.2018.0041. Epub 2018 Jun 1. PMID: 30002574; PMCID: PMC6039134.
• Atlı E, Akpınar E, Ünal E, Oğuz Sayan B, Haliloğlu M. The feasibility of high-pitch acquisition protocol for imaging of the pediatric abdomen by dual-source CT. Jpn J Radiol. 2018 Jul;36(7):437-443. doi: 10.1007/s11604-018-0744-1. Epub 2018 May 28. PMID: 29808363.
• Ünal E, Karaosmanoğlu AD, Ozmen MN, Akata D, Karcaaltincaba M. Hepatobiliary phase liver MR imaging findings after Oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy in cancer patients. Abdom Radiol (NY). 2018 Sep;43(9):2321-2328. doi: 10.1007/s00261-018-1482-7. PMID: 29427046.
• Taydas O, Unal E, Karaosmanoglu AD, Onur MR, Akpinar E. Accuracy of early CT findings for predicting disease course in patients with acute pancreatitis. Jpn J Radiol. 2018 Feb;36(2):151-158. doi: 10.1007/s11604-017-0709-9. Epub 2017 Nov 21. PMID: 29164450.
• Ünal E. Screw migration in a 14-year-old boy with hip osteotomy; a rare cause of upper thigh hematoma. Med Ultrason. 2016 Dec 29;19(3):324-326. doi: 10.11152/mu-943. PMID: 28845500.
• Ünal E. Thrombotic and Nonthrombotic Types of Intratesticular Varicoceles: Value of Sonography for the Diagnosis. J Ultrasound Med. 2017 Nov;36(11):2355-2360. doi: 10.1002/jum.14281. Epub 2017 Jun 8. PMID: 28593638.
• Ünal E, Onur MR, Akpinar E, Karcaaltincaba M. Primary retroperitoneal fasciitis; A rare cause of acute abdominal pain. Am J Emerg Med. 2017 Jul;35(7):1040.e1-1040.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2017.02.050. Epub 2017 Mar 2. PMID: 28274713.
• Unal E, Keles M, Yazgan S, Karcaaltincaba M. A rare retrovesical hydatid cyst and value of transrectal ultrasonography in diagnosis: a case report and review of the literature. Med Ultrason. 2017 Jan 31;19(1):111-113. doi: 10.11152/mu-944. PMID: 28180204.
• Kılınçer A, Akpınar E, Erbil B, Ünal E, Karaosmanoğlu AD, Kaynaroğlu V, Akata D, Özmen M. A new technique for the diagnosis of acute appendicitis: abdominal CT with compression to the right lower quadrant. Eur Radiol. 2017 Aug;27(8):3317-3325. doi: 10.1007/s00330-016-4728-1. Epub 2017 Jan 23. PMID: 28116514.
• Unal E, Ayan EN, Yazgan S. Acute Reversible Duodenitis Following Non-Therapeutic Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. Is Duodenal Diverticulum a Predisposing Factor? Pol J Radiol. 2016 Dec 7;81:589-592. doi: 10.12659/PJR.898251. PMID: 27994697; PMCID: PMC5147682.
• Ünal E, Akata D, Karcaaltincaba M. Liver Function Assessment by Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Semin Ultrasound CT MR. 2016 Dec;37(6):549-560. doi: 10.1053/j.sult.2016.08.006. Epub 2016 Aug 17. PMID: 27986173.
• Ünal E, Düzkalır HG, Kurt-Güney S, Işıldak ET. Aberrant cervical thymus and the role of ultrasonography: A case report. Turk J Pediatr. 2016;58(2):230-231. doi: 10.24953/turkjped.2016.02.020. PMID: 27976570.
• Unal E, Idilman IS, Karçaaltıncaba M. Multiparametric or practical quantitative liver MRI: towards millisecond, fat fraction, kilopascal and function era. Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2017 Feb;11(2):167-182. doi: 10.1080/17474124.2017.1271710. Epub 2016 Dec 21. PMID: 27937040.
• Ünal E, Onur MR, Balcı S, Görmez A, Akpınar E, Böge M. Stercoral colitis: diagnostic value of CT findings. Diagn Interv Radiol. 2017 Jan-Feb;23(1):5-9. doi: 10.5152/dir.2016.16002. PMID: 27910814; PMCID: PMC5214077.
• Unal E, Balci S, Atceken Z, Akpinar E, Ariyurek OM. Nonthrombotic Pulmonary Artery Embolism: Imaging Findings and Review of the Literature. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2017 Mar;208(3):505-516. doi: 10.2214/AJR.16.17326. Epub 2016 Nov 8. PMID: 27824484.
• Ünal E, Göçmen R, Işıkay Aİ, Tekşam Ö. A Rare Hydrocephalus Complication: Cortical Blindness. Turk J Pediatr. 2015 Sep-Oct;57(5):525-8. PMID: 27411424.
• Unal E, Onur MR, Akpinar E, Ahmadov J, Karcaaltincaba M, Ozmen MN, Akata D. Imaging findings of splenic emergencies: a pictorial review. Insights Imaging. 2016 Apr;7(2):215-22. doi: 10.1007/s13244-016-0467-8. Epub 2016 Feb 16. PMID: 26883137; PMCID: PMC4805612.
• Ünal E, Karaosmanoğlu AD, Akata D, Özmen MN, Karçaaltıncaba M. Invisible fat on CT: making it visible by MRI. Diagn Interv Radiol. 2016 Mar-Apr;22(2):133-40. doi: 10.5152/dir.2015.15286. PMID: 26782156; PMCID: PMC4790064.
• Ünal E, İdilman İS, Akata D, Özmen MN, Karçaaltıncaba M. Microvascular invasion in hepatocellular carcinoma. Diagn Interv Radiol. 2016 Mar-Apr;22(2):125-32. doi: 10.5152/dir.2015.15125. PMID: 26782155; PMCID: PMC4790063.
• Güler E, Vural V, Ünal E, Köse IÇ, Akata D, Karcaaltıncaba M, Hazırolan T. Effect of iterative reconstruction on image quality in evaluating patients with coronary calcifications or stents during coronary computed tomography angiography: a pilot study. Anatol J Cardiol. 2016 Feb;16(2):119-24. doi: 10.5152/akd.2015.5920. Epub 2015 Feb 11. PMID: 26467371; PMCID: PMC5336725.
• Göçmen R, Ünal E. Transient splenial lesion in a case with carbon monoxide poisoning: A clue supporting the excitotoxicity hypothesis? Eur J Paediatr Neurol. 2015 Nov;19(6):716-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2015.07.012. Epub 2015 Aug 4. PMID: 26277728.
• Unal E, Ozmen MN, Akata D, Karcaaltincaba M. Imaging of aberrant left gastric vein and associated pseudolesions of segments II and III of the liver and mimickers. Diagn Interv Radiol. 2015 Mar-Apr;21(2):105-10. doi: 10.5152/dir.2014.14360. PMID: 25698094; PMCID: PMC4463322.
• Ünal E, Yıldız AE, Güler E, Karcaaltıncaba M, Akata D, Kılınçer A, Atlı E, Topçuoğlu M, Hazırolan T. Comparison of image quality and radiation dose between prospectively ECG-triggered and retrospectively ECG-gated CT angiography: Establishing heart rate cut-off values in first-generation dual-source CT. Anatol J Cardiol. 2015 Sep;15(9):759-64. doi: 10.5152/akd.2014.5720. Epub 2015 Jan 7. PMID: 25592108; PMCID: PMC5368488.

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