SAMSUN MEDICAL JOURNAL

 (SAMSUN TIP DERGİSİ)

Owner on behalf of Samsun University
Dr. Elif MANGAN, Prof.
Dean of Samsun University Faculty of Medicine

Chief Editor
Assoc. Prof. Onur ÖZTÜRK
Samsun University Faculty of Medicine – Department of Family Medicine

Associate Editors

Associate Editor in Charge of Surgical Sciences
Assoc. Prof. Metin OCAK – Samsun University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine

Associate Editors in Charge of Internal Sciences
Assoc. Prof. Muhammed OKUYUCU – Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Medicine Department of General Internal Medicine
Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Begenc TASCANOV – Harran University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology
Assist. Prof. Dr. Muhammet Ali ORUÇ – Samsun University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine

Associate Editor in Charge of Medical Sciences
Assist. Prof. Dr. Emrah ALTUNTAŞ – Samsun University Faculty of Medicine Anatomy Department

Section Editors

Surgical Medical Sciences Section Editors
Assoc. Prof. Gültekin Ozan KÜÇÜK – University of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery
Assoc. Prof. Hande ARSLAN – Samsun Training and Research Hospital Department of Otorhinolaryngology

Internal Medical Sciences Section Editors
Prof. Erdinç YAVUZ – Samsun University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine
Assoc. Prof. Bahadır YAZICIOĞLU– Samsun Training and Research Hospital, Department of Family Medicine

Basic Medical Sciences Section Editors
Assoc. Prof. Zülfinaz Betül ÇELİK – Samsun University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Biology
Assist. Prof. Özlem CESUR GÜNAY – Samsun University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Biology

Statistics Editor
Assoc. Prof. Şule ÖZDEMİR – Samsun University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health

Turkish Language Editor
Dr Yurdagül Aydın ÜNGÖR – Samsun University, Department of Turkish Language and Literature

English Language Editor
Assoc. Prof. Ayşenur İPLİKÇİ ÖZDEN – Samsun University, Department of Translation and Interpreting

Editor in Charge of Informatics
Dr. Ahmet Alp ÖZBALCI -Samsun University, Department of Information Technologies

International Members:

Prof. Dr. Mirmusa JAFAROV, Baku State University, Department of Microbiology, 1148, Baku, Azerbaijan, [email protected]

Assoc. Prof. MD. PhD. Carmen BUSNEAG, Spiru Haret University Bucharest, Romania, [email protected]

Assoc. Prof. Vanina MIHAYLOVA – ALAKIDI, PhD, Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Public Health, Medical University of Sofia, Department of Healthcare Management, Faculty of Public Health, Medical University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria, [email protected]

Asst. Prof. Hussein KATAI ABDUL-SADA, Hasan Al-Tamimi, University of Basrah, Al-Zahra Medical College, Department of Microbiology, Basrah, Iraq, [email protected]

Dr Amer Bin KHALID, MD. CCFP, Department of Family Medicine, Kaye Edmonton Clinic, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, [email protected]