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University Hospital Liv Istinye is part of a large international medical concern Medical Park. The hospital began its work in 2016, combines the impeccable service of the Liv Hospital and the academic approach of the University of Istinye.
On the basis of the hospital scientific research is conducted to improve treatment methods. The 21 floors of the clinic with an area of 62,500 square meters has a capacity of 30 observation rooms, 394 beds, 10 beds for palliative care, 12 operating rooms and 94 beds of intensive care. For emergency care, the hospital has a helipad.
Liv Istinye is a multi-class A + hospital; all areas of modern medicine are available such as orang transplantation, oncology, neurosurgery, cardiac surgery. Specialists treat infertility at the IVF Center, provide services of aesthetic medicine and bariatric surgery for obesity.
The priority of the University Hospital Liv Istinye is the comfort of patients and their family members, so doctors provide comprehensive, personalized treatment, and the patient rooms are designed for maximum convenience just as a 5-star hotel. Hospital received a JCI and ISO 9001 accreditation certificate, which indicates a high level of quality services in the clinic.
Features of the Clinic
TRANSPLANTOLOGY IN LIV INSTINYE
At the University Hospital Liv Istinye, the total number of kidney transplants performed is more than 5,000, and that of the liver is more than 1,000 per year. Due to the high level of professionalism of the doctors, these indicators are constantly growing.
Most frequently, doctors here perform kidney, liver, heart, lung, pancreas, bone marrow and cornea transplants. The success of kidney transplantation operations is 99%, liver - 93% -94%.
Patients after surgery require special care and conditions, in order to reduce the load on the immune system and prevent infections that are transmitted by air, HEPA filters are installed in the wards of the transplant department.
The head of the department is Prof. Dr. Ayhan Dinçkan. For over 25 years, the doctor has been involved in organ transplantation. Per year makes about 500 kidney transplants. The total number of operations performed is more than 5,000.

NEUROSURGERY IN THE UNIVERSITY CLINIC LIV ISTINYE
Specialists in Turkey carry out treatment according to American standards, using the latest generation of antiepileptic drugs. This therapy can reduce the number of attacks by 70%. In cases where drug treatment is ineffective, doctors perform surgery.

Lobectomy - removal of part of the affected lobe of the brain, 80% of patients after surgery get rid of attacks. Callosotomy is a partial or complete intersection of the corpus callosum, as a result of the intervention, there is no transmission of epileptic activity from the affected hemisphere to the healthy one. In severe cases, hemispherectomy is performed - removal of the hemisphere in which the epileptogenic focus is located.
Specialists also carry out the diagnosis and treatment of cerebrovascular diseases on both adults and children. Doctors are engaged in the treatment of diseases such as tumors of the brain and spinal cord, strokes, spinal hernias, traumatic injuries, Parkinson's disease and others. Doctors interact with the departments of neurology, neuroradiology and psychiatry.
Doctors use non-invasive stereotactic radiosurgery to remove brain and spinal cord tumors - a Gamma-knife. The process of treatment with this technique is completely painless and lasts from 10 minutes to several hours, depending on the pathology. Using the gamma knife technique, surgeons successfully remove more than 85% of tumors.
The team of specialists at Liv Istinye Clinic use minimally invasive operations such as multiple subpial transection - applying excisions to the brain to prevent the spread of impulses, and a microsurgical laser operation during which they remove the epileptogenic focus. Neurosurgeons also conduct open operations.
CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY IN LIV ISTINYE
In the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at the University Hospital Liv Istinye, specialists provide comprehensive treatment for all diseases of the cardiovascular system. In the case of heart valves pathology, doctors carry out their reconstruction or replacement using biological valves, which allows the patient not to take anticoagulants for life.
Cardiac surgeons are engaged in removing heart tumors. Most tumors are removed by minimally invasive methods, which reduces the likelihood of complications and shortens the postoperative period.
A team of specialists at Liv Istinye conduct operations with and without stopping the heart. Intervention without connection to a cardiopulmonary bypass can shorten the recovery period.

Treatment cost at liv istinye hospital
There are several factors cotributing to the cost of the diagnostics and treatment at Liv Istinye Hospital. Among them are: the patient's diagnosis, the doctor's qualification and experience, the complexness of the procedure, what kind of equipment is used, and others.
Procedure | Cost |
Specialist consultation | from $110 |
MRI | from $550 |
Chemotherapy | from $1,200 (for 1 course) |
Oncological examination | from $3,600 |
Knee replacement | from $15,000 |
Robotic prostatectomy | from $12,000 |
Intervertebral hernia removal | from $12,000 |
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Liv Insinye University Hospital is located on the right bank 26 km from the center of Istanbul. At a distance of 100 meters from the hospital there is the Kent Pasajı shopping center and the Turkish cuisine restaurant Anadolu Şark Restaurant Esenkent, and Havana Park is 200 meters away. The fastest way to the hospital can be reached from Ataturk International Airport, by car the road will take 37 minutes.
