Procedures

Publications, Press Articles & Interviews

Published articles, interviews and media features with Prof. Dr. Mehmet Veli Karaaltın, including his Advanced Safe BBL patient-safety article in ISAPS News.

Published article · ISAPS News · October–December 2019 · pp. 26–27

Prioritizing Patient’s Safety in Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) Surgery: The Advanced Safe BBL Using Wireless Ultrasound Device

Mehmet Veli Karaaltın, MD · Patient Safety

The article describes real-time ultrasound guidance to identify tissue layers and monitor cannula placement during subcutaneous gluteal fat grafting. It reports 68 patients in the author’s series; those observations do not guarantee outcomes or eliminate surgical risk.

Read the article in the original ISAPS News issue (PDF, pages 26–27) ↗

19 February 2026

Saglık Aktüel: Ongoing Turkish Health-Press Coverage of Prof. Dr. Karaaltın

Saglık Aktüel maintains a dedicated topic page aggregating its Turkish-language news coverage of Prof. Dr. Mehmet Veli Karaaltın.

15 February 2026

Söz Bursa: "TeknoKBB" Congress Puts Tissue Engineering in the Spotlight

Söz Bursa covered the 15th Uludağ ENT Days in Bursa, where Prof. Dr. Mehmet Veli Karaaltın presented the latest stage of tissue engineering — including lab-grown nose and ear tissue.

28 June 2022

Al Arabiya: Turkish Surgeons Separate Algerian Conjoined Twins in 9-Hour Operation

Al Arabiya English reported on the June 2022 separation of Algerian conjoined twins Safaa and Chifaa in Istanbul, with Prof. Dr. Mehmet Veli Karaaltın among the supervising surgeons.

15 June 2022

Hospitals Magazine: Algerian Conjoined Twins Safaa and Chifaa Get Their Own Bodies in Türkiye

Hospitals Magazine detailed the months of planning behind the separation of Safaa and Chifaa at Acıbadem Atakent Hospital: 3D models, skin expansion and a 9-hour operation.

23 January 2018

PR Underground: Global Stem Cells Group Names Mehmet Veli Karaaltın, M.D. to Advisory Board

PR Underground carried the announcement that Global Stem Cells Group CEO Benito Novas appointed Prof. Dr. Mehmet Veli Karaaltın to the GSCG Advisory Board Faculty.

29 September 2017

Haberler.com: "The Fate of Elephantiasis Has Changed" — Prof. Dr. Karaaltın on Supermicrosurgery

Haberler.com reported Prof. Dr. Mehmet Veli Karaaltın's statement that advances in microsurgery and supermicrosurgery have changed the fate of elephantiasis (lymphedema).