SPINE SURGERY · LIV ULUS
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kadir Abul, MD
Associate Professor of Spine Surgery · Liv Hospital Ulus
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kadir Abul is a spine surgeon at Liv Hospital Ulus, focusing on adolescent idiopathic and adult scoliosis, motion-preserving deformity surgery (VBT) and complex spinal osteotomies. Trained at Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine and the Baltalimanı Bone Diseases Hospital with a fellowship at Acıbadem Maslak's Spine Health Center, he served as founding faculty of the Spine Health Center at Başakşehir Çam ve Sakura City Hospital from 2020 before joining Liv. He received the SRS Louis A. Goldstein Best Clinical Research Poster Award in 2021.
Specialties:
Orthopaedics
10
international publications
h-index 7
research impact
SRS Award
2021
Scoliosis SurgeryVBT (Vertebral Body Tethering)Spinal DeformityMinimally Invasive SpineAOSpineEUROSPINE
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TR
Turkish
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EN
English
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RU
Russian
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UK
Ukrainian
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ISTANBUL · 06/2026
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
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★2017Best Oral Presentation Award in SpineTOTBİD Congress
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2018Cover Photo AwardClinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
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2021Louis A. Goldstein Best Clinical Research Poster AwardScoliosis Research Society (SRS)
EDUCATION & CAREER
Timeline
Career milestones.
2012-2013
Compulsory service
Şırnak Cizre State Hospital
2013-2015
Orthopedics Specialist
Bursa Yenişehir State Hospital
2015-2017
Orthopedics Specialist
Yalova Private Atakent Hospital
2017-2018
Spine Surgery Clinical Fellow
Acıbadem Maslak Hospital
2018-2020
Spine Surgery Specialist
Taksim Gaziosmanpaşa Training and Research Hospital
2020-2026
Founding Faculty, Spine Health Center
SBÜ Başakşehir Çam ve Sakura City Hospital
2026-present
Spine Surgery Specialist
Liv Hospital Ulus
PUBLICATIONS
Scientific work
Selected peer-reviewed publications.
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2017Neurosurg Focus«Relative lumbar lordosis and lordosis distribution index: individualized pelvic incidence-based proportional parameters that quantify lumbar lordosis more precisely than the concept of pelvic incidence minus lumbar lordosis»· co-author · 131 citations
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2020Spine«Thoracoscopic Vertebral Body Tethering for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: Follow-up Curve Behavior According to Sanders Skeletal Maturity Staging»· co-author · 106 citations
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2015J Am Podiatr Med Assoc«Detection of normal plantar fascia thickness in adults via the ultrasonographic method»· first author · 77 citations
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2018Spine J«Relative pelvic version: an individualized pelvic incidence-based proportional parameter that quantifies pelvic version more precisely than pelvic tilt»· co-author · 25 citations
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2022Spine Deform«Leg length discrepancy and adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: clinical and radiological characteristics»· co-author · 24 citations
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2018Clin Orthop Relat Res«Art in Science: Jusepe de Ribera's Puzzle in The Clubfoot»· first author · 13 citations
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