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The Akdeniz University hospital has 33 specialized departments and can receive 1220 patients for inpatient treatment simultaneously. Thanks to this, the clinic took the third place in the country in terms of the number of medical services provided including those to foreign patients.
In Akdeniz, more than 700,000 people are treated and about 8.5 million patients from Europe, the Middle East, the CIS region and other countries consult each year.
Localized on 200 000 square meters area the hospital is the main center of medical tourism in Turkey. Akdeniz is a state clinic and is fully funded by the Ministry of Turkey.
That is why the prices of the medical services are the lowest in Turkey. The clinic is proud of its doctors, specialists, nurses and consultants with world-famous names, as well as the use of innovative treatment and diagnostic technologies. The clinic is in process of obtaining accreditation from JCI.
Transplantology at Akdeniz University Hospital
The Transplantology Center is the largest state center for bone marrow transplantation in the entire Mediterranean Turkey. In total, in the adult and children's departments of transplantation, almost 1,000 operations were performed. Before, during and after the operation, each patient is observed by doctors in a single room around the clock. For 35 years of work, the specialists of the department conducted about
- 3,551 kidney transplants;
- pancreas was transplanted 72 times;
- performed 74 heart transplants;
- transplanted 1 350 corneas;
- 329 liver transplantations.
The clinic is engaged in all possible types of transplantation. The world's first uterine transplantation was performed here.
Radiology at Akdeniz University Hospital
It is also worth mentioning that the Radiological Department in Akdeniz carries out half a million procedures using the latest technologies of treatment and diagnostics every year. The radiological clinic provides the following services:
- IMRT - radiotherapy with intensity modulation;
- IGRT - radiotherapy with visual control;
- Block Cobalt-60 (remote radiation therapy);
- CT simulator.
Plastic Surgery at Akdeniz University Hospital
The Plastic Surgery Department of Akdeniz Hospital is known all over the world. Following procedure are available there:
- Rhinoplasty;
- Enlargement or Reduction of the Breast;
- Face Lifting, Tummy tuck;
- Liposuction;
- Reconstructive microsurgical procedures.
Also the complex operations such as transplantation of composite tissues and face care performed in the hospital. Such operations are conducted in few institutions of the world. The hospital is the second in the world that successfully transplanted facial tissues.
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Robotic surgery at Akdeniz University Hospital
University Hospital Akdeniz (also called the Center for Transplantology in Turkey) is equipped with the most modern medical technologies and successfully applies them in practice. In particular, the Da Vinci robot system is used in surgery which is one of the most advanced technologies in the world. Advantage is that it greatly facilitates surgical intervention and improves the results of the procedure.
The system consists of a surgeon's console, a rack with four installed, robotic "hands" located at the operating table, a high-performance review system called InSite and, of course, EndoWrist's proprietary tools. Da Vinci Robot Surgeon scales and filters the movements of their "hands", smoothly and neatly transforming them into the precise movements of the EndoWrist tools.
In the outpatient surgery department , specialists use minimally invasive methods that allow far more successful operations (than in standard clinics), after which patients are able to go home even on the day of surgery.
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From Istanbul Ataturk International Airport by plane, you can reach the clinic in Antalya in 45 minutes. If you use your own transport, the distance Istanbul-Antalya (727 kilometers) can be covered in 8 hours 20 minutes. Also there is an opportunity to use regular buses.
The team at the International Department of the Clinic provides all the additional information about vehicles.