Pulmonary Diseases Specialist · COPD and Interventional Bronchology

Prof. Dr. Yalçın Karakoca

I was born on February 8, 1967, in Ankara. In 1984, I graduated from Ankara High School and entered Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine. I graduated in 1992. I began my professional career as a research assistant at the Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine. During my specialization, I received Therapeutic Bronchoscopy training related to lung cancer at Dortmund Hemer Lungen Klinik in Germany and Cancer Laser Center in Marseille, France. I completed my specialization in pulmonary diseases in 1996 and became an Associate Professor of Pulmonary Diseases in 1998. In 1999, together with my mentor Prof. İzzettin Barış, I established Turkey's first interventional Bronchoscopy Center, supported by the Kocaeli Municipality.

Bilimsel Yayınlar

Follow-up Outcomes of COPD Patients Who Underwent Dilatation and Curettage With the Karakoca Resector Balloon: A 188-case Series Over 5 Years

Medicine (Baltimore) 2018;97(48):e13400

A 188-patient series (GOLD stage III–IV) accrued over a five-year period. Measurements were taken before the procedure and at 1 week and 1 month afterwards; significant improvements in FEV1, dyspnea (Borg) score and SpO₂ were reported (P<0.001).

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Use of Resector Balloon Desobstruction in Patients With Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Pilot Feasibility Study on a Novel Desobstruction Technique

Journal of Bronchology & Interventional Pulmonology 2015;22(3):209–214

A pilot feasibility study in 10 patients with severe COPD (GOLD stage IV) unresponsive to medical treatment; the study reported improvements in exercise capacity, SpO₂ and FEV1.

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Therapeutic Bronchoscopic Intervention With Resector Balloon

Journal of Bronchology & Interventional Pulmonology 2009;16(2):78–80

A series on the bronchoscopic application of the resector balloon; 128 procedures in 112 consecutive patients with airway obstruction from lung cancer or granulation tissue were assessed, with no major complications reported.

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A New Endoluminal Resection Technique and Device: Resector Balloon

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2008;85(2):628–631

The first technical description of the device and the method; 38 interventions in 30 patients during 2006 described the mechanical resection of endobronchial tumour and granulation tissue. It is not a COPD efficacy study.

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