Organ Transplantation Center and Nephrology

Medicana Bahçelievler Hospital delivers services intensively in the field of kidney transplantation and nephrology with its strong academic staff since its foundation. We render services considering the importance of organ transplantation with a pretty strong staff consisting of tens of personnel that have devoted their time to this field as well as our academic staff only for the field of organ transplantation and nephrology. The success rate of more than a thousand of kidney transplantations we performed at Medicana Bahçelievler Hospital is substantially high and we are trying to provide services above both national and international standards. We provide our kidney transplant patients an isolated service at our special inpatient and outpatient settings.

CVS

Our academic and experienced personnel are able to perform every kind of cardiovascular surgery with both open and closed techniques at international standards. At our clinic, neonatal and pediatric procedures can be successfully performed as well. Our success rate of procedures we perform with special techniques and equipments to treat congenital cardiac anomalies, heart diseases and acquired cardiovascular diseases is above international standards.

Cardiology Center

Our staff consisting of lecturers and specialists can carry out all cardiac and peripheral vascular angiographies and both balloon procedure and stent implantation can be performed in the same session, whenever needed. All cardiovascular surgeries and heart valve procedures that are suitable for closed methods under present conditions can be successfully performed. Medical treatment is carefully performed for heart failure, blood pressure and cholesterol problems and every kind of heart diseases and patients are followed up with patient monitoring system.

Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery Unit

Hepatopancreatobiliary surgery (HPB--Liver-Pancreas-Bile Duct Surgery-) is a discipline, where general surgeons, who are trained and educated on liver, bile duct, gallbladder and pancreas surgery, work following general surgery residency program and predominantly deal with this field afterwards. A substantial part of HPB surgeons is also trained on liver transplantation and deals with this field.

Diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in HPB surgery can reach the level of excellence through cooperation of gastroenterology-hepatology, anesthesiology, intensive care, radiology, interventional radiology, gastrointestinal endoscopy, pathology, medical oncology, radiation oncology, nuclear medicine, microsurgery/plastic surgery, microbiology and infectious diseases clinics. Within the scope of agreement signed between MEDICANA Group and Istanbul (“Çapa”) School of Medicine, Istanbul University, we decided to establish HBP Surgery Unit by Prof. A. Cem İBİŞ, who has specialized on Hepatopancreatobiliary surgery and Liver Transplantation.

Following establishment of this unit, it is aimed to provide “accurate, safe and excellent healthcare services” in diagnosis and surgical treatment of diseases that involve liver, bile ducts, gallbladder and pancreas.

In Vitro Fertilization Clinic

Our In Vitro Fertilization Center delivers healthcare services with highest quality by experienced doctors, who use state-of-the-art medical infrastructure. Our In Vitro Fertilization Center uses most recent technology and treatment methods in the field of assisted reproductive techniques. Team of our In Vitro Fertilization Center consists of experienced obstetricians, Andrology (male infertility) specialists, embryologists, biologists and nurses.

Gastroenterology

Medicana Bahçelievler Hospital provides services by academic staff in the field of Gastroenterology. With our strong staff, relevant doctors use ERCP technique faultlessly for bile duct stones along with thousands of endoscopic and colonoscopic procedures every year. Necessary procedures and tests are planned several months in advance thanks to patient follow-up system set at our Gastroenterology Clinic. For obstructions caused by pancreatic cancer, various stents can be successfully placed and every kind of scientific procedures can be performed to improve patients’ quality of life.

Plastic Surgery

Renowned plastic and aesthetic surgeons of our hospital perform all surgical procedures and use other medical aesthetic methods in both aesthetic and reconstructive surgery in order to ensure patient satisfaction. Rhinoplasty, face lift, abdominoplasty, breast augmentation, breast reduction, mastopexy, hip aesthetic, filler, Botox and all other similar procedures are performed by large staff of plastic and aesthetic surgery department at our hospital.

Urology

Urology team of our hospital consists of physicians with academic title and our team may be the strongest urology team of European side in Istanbul. All urological surgeries, including open and laparoscopic ones, are performed at our hospital. All kidney and urologic cancer surgeries are performed by our surgeons with academic title. Irrespective of its size, all prostate diseases are successfully treated with HOLEP method. Our hospital has ESWL (Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy) system, which is available in limited number of centers around the world, and thus, we help patients pass their kidney stones without any pain. We also break down kidney stones with closed method laser, if necessary, in selected cases of kidney stone.

Gynecology and Obstetrics

Our Gynecologists and Obstetricians perform all surgical procedures successfully to treat gynecological diseases. Surgeries are performed for all gynecological cancers. Our physicians supervise dozens of pregnant women everyday and all pregnant women give birth safely both in spontaneous vaginal delivery and Caesarean section under supervision of experienced personnel in delivery room, baby care room and neonatal intensive care unit. Newborn infants with low birth weight are followed up our pediatricians with academic title.

Pediatrics

Our hospital aims to provide services by academic staff in the field of Pediatrics. In this department, we make efforts to keep children healthy rather than solely treating the condition. In this sense, family training and communication with children are essential. When children are given treatment, our hospital prioritizes quick diagnosis and management by using every kind of radiologic and laboratory means. For this purpose, our newly established neonatal intensive care unit and pediatric outpatient clinic admit patients round the clock.

Pediatric Endocrinology

Pediatric Endocrinology is a highly specific discipline; our hospital provides services by experienced staff in this field. We take action in line with most recent scientific publications on diagnosis and treatment of both congenital and acquired endocrinologic diseases in children. We know the importance of healthy children for a healthy society and aim to protect our children in this sense.

General Surgery

Our general surgeons are able to perform every kind of open and closed surgical procedures round the clock. All surgical procedures, ranging from minor surgeries performed under local anesthesia to complex interventions for internal organs, can be carried out with the most appropriate techniques. As our surgical outpatient clinic admits patients 24/7 at our hospital, our experienced personnel are always read to perform necessary procedures. The technology we use in laparoscopic surgery is at international standards and our success rate is accordingly very high.

Orthopedics and Traumatology

Experienced orthopedic surgeons of our orthopedics clinic have performed numerous surgical procedures for surgical management of veterans at international scale for a long time. Targeting to create permanent solutions for all orthopedic problems (congenital or acquired), including post-traumatic fractures, dislocations and injuries, along with management of veterans, our team develops new treatment approaches by closely monitoring recent novelties.

Neurosurgery

Neurosurgery is an extremely specialized and closed area; any medical problem that occurs in this area will influence patient’s life directly and quickly. Therefore, our hospital uses state-of-the-art radiology examinations to identify and treat all diseases, which can be treated by neurosurgery discipline, quickly through support of our neurologists. Brain and spinal surgeries can be performed using laparoscopic technique – an advanced technology. Minimally invasive methods are preferred at maximum extent for treatment of our patients by using navigation, radiofrequency, laser and many other techniques.

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Physiatrists of our physical medicine and rehabilitation department perform all physiotherapy and rehabilitation practices for both adults and children in our physiotherapy unit. Our basic principles include boosting the treatment compliance through strong communication along with physical rehabilitation of congenital diseases of children in order to help them hold on to life more strongly. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation department works in cooperation with neurosurgery, neurology and orthopedics clinics in order to ensure multidisciplinary approach in treatment of patients.

Hemodialysis

Dialysis physicians and specialists of the Dialysis Unit provide services every weekday with total capacity of 19 beds. We ensure dialysis therapy at night, weekend and official holiday by technicians and physicians, whenever needed, along with standard dialysis sessions. Dialysis Unit aims not only to provide dialysis therapy but also to modify patients’ life style. All transplantation candidates are trained and kept in touch with Organ Transplantation Unit.

Aeromedical Center

Aeromedical Center of Medicana Bahçelievler Hospital has been licensed by General Directorate of Civil Aviation on 07.02.2014 and the center has been actively delivering services thereafter. Two physicians, one coordinator and one patient consultant work at Aeromedical Center. Our physicians working at Aeromedical Center closely follow notices, instructions and medical necessities issued by both international civil aviation organizations in Europe and the U.S. and General Directorate of Civil Aviation of Turkey. Our center provides services to all other flight and ground aviation personnel working at aviation management and aviation transportation along with aircraft pilots, flight attendants, air-traffic controller, flight dispatcher and aircraft maintenance staff.

Sleep Laboratory

Sleep implies regeneration of physical and mental condition by biological and chemical functions throughout the night, as the body, which gets tired in the day time, pauses activities of daily life. The fact that we spend one third of our life in sleep may help us understand how important it is. Sleep offers the body an opportunity to rest and regenerate.

Sleep medicine principally deals with disorders that develop during sleep, sleeping too much or failure to fall asleep, diseases that affect the sleep and disorders that develop during sleep and impair sleep functions. There are more than 80 sleep and awakening problems. All sleep disorders are diagnosed and treated by our specialists and expert technicians.

EEG – EMG

EEG involves perceiving electrical activities of nervous cells in brain by electrodes attached to scalp and recording their voltages by computers. EEG is a simple test that does not disturb patients. It lasts 10 to 15 minutes on average. EEG is used as a safe and informative analysis method for progressive or non-progressive diseases of the central nervous system. Specialized doctors of our hospital use EEG to identify all disorders of brain and central nervous system.

EMG test consists of two parts. This test offers details about muscles, nerves that innervate muscles and also the junction of the nerve and the muscle fibers (neuromuscular junction). Tests last 20 to 30 minutes on average. This test helps our specialists clarify whether there is destruction in any nerve at any body part and help you get necessary treatment.

Intensive Care Services

There are 2 beds in medical intensive care unit and 2 beds in surgical intensive care unit, 6 beds in CVS intensive care unit, 6 incubators in neonatal intensive care unit and 4 beds in Coronary intensive care unit at the hospital.

Our intensive care units have waiting, information and resting areas for family members.

Multi-functional Emergency Medicine

All services are organized to fulfill needs of inpatients and outpatients 24/7 at Emergency Room of Medicana Bahçelievler Hospital. There are decontamination, resuscitation, urgent intervention, radiologic imaging and observation rooms with 9 beds in the Emergency Room. The Emergency Medicine Department is located upstairs of the operating theatre, considering emergency conditions requiring immediate intervention.

Clinical Laboratories

Quality, significant and substantially cost-effect healthcare services are delivered thanks to a triangle of service formed by a laboratory characterized with increased skills and capabilities, clinicians – who have knowledge and closely monitors advancements- and informed patients in terms of medical practices that we witness best examples in developed countries.

Clinical laboratories of Medicana Bahçelievler Hospital are aware of their duties within the context of said triangle of service. Laboratory of the hospital is monitored at daily, weekly and monthly intervals in line with the quality indicators within scope of both internal and external Quality Control Program in order to achieve high standards and maximize quality of service.

This operating process ensures that analysis accuracy and pre- and post-analytic processes of the clinical laboratory are monitored. Laboratory staff and other personnel, who are delivered service by the laboratory, are regularly trained.

Clinical laboratories deliver service 24/7 based on well-educated and experienced personnel, who have a dynamic mood, believe in teamwork, respect to human rights and who are tolerant.

* Biochemistry Laboratory

* Microbiology Laboratory

Nutrition and Diet

Although the society thinks about weight loss in terms of nutrition and diet, our approach is to ensure a permanent change by helping the person gain correct eating habits. We do know that weight loss is extremely easy; here, maintenance of healthy body weight is the matter. Therefore, our specialists undertake the mission of life coaching along with diet services. In this context, the first step is session service rather than an examination. We will be happy and assume success when we manage to alter mentality of patients rather than making them lose weight.

Medicana Haznedar Hospital has following medical technology devices:

ESWL

1.5 Tesla MRI

B-Plan Angio

DSA Digital Angiography

Ultrasound

Mammography

CT-128 slice tomography

ESWL – (Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy)

Dialysis

ERCP (Endoscopy Center)

Hearing Center