Doç. Dr. Erkam KÖMÜRCÜ

Born in Ankara in 1979, Erkam Kömürcü completed his primary and secondary education in Ankara and started his medical education at Ege University Faculty of Medicine in 1996. He graduated in 2002 and passed the Medical Specialization Examination (TUS) in September 2002 and started his specialty training at Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital Orthopedics and Traumatology Clinic. In 2008, he submitted his specialization thesis and passed the exam and became an orthopedics and traumatology specialist.

Erkam Kömürcü, who performed his military service as a reserve officer at the GATA Turkish Armed Forces Rehabilitation Center, completed his compulsory service at the Ministry of Health Aksaray State Hospital.

Erkam Kömürcü, who was appointed as an Assistant Professor at Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Faculty of Medicine in 2011, worked as a professor at the world-famous UCLA Spine Center on the spine in Los Angeles, United States, in 2013. Dr. He completed 3 months of spine surgery training under the supervision of Jeffrey C. Wang.

The academician, who was awarded the title of Associate Professor by successfully passing the Associate Professor Examination he took in 2015, is very experienced in the fields of pediatric and adult spine surgery, adult joint reconstruction (hip and knee prostheses), sports traumas and pediatric orthopedics.

Assoc. Dr. Erkam Kömürcü speaks English, is married and has 3 daughters. His wife, Nur Sultan Kömürcü, is a lawyer and works as a freelance lawyer.

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Musculoskeletal injuries in Homer’s Iliad: the War of Troy revisited

Homer’s Iliad–the most famous and influential epic poem–has been previously reviewed with respect to head, craniomaxillofacial, neck, thoracic, and hand injuries in the literature. However, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, there are no data regarding musculoskeletal injuries. This article describes the musculoskeletal injuries that had ensued during the war of Troy. The Turkish translation of the original epic poem Iliad was reviewed for musculoskeletal injuries, that is, their descriptions, outcome, the weapons used, and the engaged warriors. Extremity injuries were evaluated as regards the affected bones.

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