Liv Hospital Ulus is a multi-specialized medical center located in Istanbul.
Orthopedics, cancer treatment, weight loss surgery, neurosurgery, heart surgery and regenerative medicine are the leading specialties in the hospital.
Liv is a smart hospital with innovative medical technologies available: da Vinci robot-assisted system for the surgeries, MAKOplasty for knee replacement, YAG Laser for vascular surgery, virtual angiography for cardiac diagnostics, etc.
Liv Hospital in Istanbul is a popular weight loss surgery clinic in Turkey — patients lose 71% of their excess weight in a year.
| diagnostic | |
|---|---|
| CT (tomodensitométrie) | $500 - $650 |
| Consultation avec un cardiologue | Prix sur demande |
| Angiographie coronarienne | Prix sur demande |
| Consultation avec un chirurgien cardiaque | Prix sur demande |
| TDM des organes thoraciques, abdominaux et pelviens | Prix sur demande |
Liv Hospital is located in Ulus about 30 minutes drive from the International (new) Istanbul Airport.
The medical complex includes 50 specialized clinics, which are located on an area of 30,000 m². Three of them are entitled as the Centers of Excellence.
About 50,000 international patients choose Liv Hospital in Istanbul annually.
BMT Center specialists have provided over 1,000 transplant procedures. Bone marrow transplant operations at Liv are available for patients from the age of 18.
Local doctors provide such transplants as:
Stem cells for the treatment are taken from bone marrow, peripheral blood, umbilical cord blood.
LIV oncologists provide treatment for cancers of all kinds.
Almost all cancer patients undergo chemotherapy. To minimize hair loss, Liv doctors use Cold Cap Therapy — a special cap cools the scalp, and as a result the vessels are narrowed and less chemicals get into them.
70% of patients need radiotherapy before or after surgical removal of the tumor.
TrueBeamSTx is the most advanced radiotherapy device today. The device receives an image of the patient's body in real time and acts only on the tumor without affecting the surrounding tissue. Liv oncologists perform about 500 procedures using TrueBeamSTx every month.
Doctors use a robotic surgeon to treat tumors of the intestines, stomach, liver, kidneys, and prostate. The device allows you to remove formations through punctures about 1 cm. Compared to open surgery, robotic surgery reduces bleeding, postoperative pain and the recovery period.
Liv Hospital is the first and only clinic outside of the United States to receive Robotic Surgery and Robotic Abdominal Surgery certifications from the SRC Excellence Center.
SRC or Surgical Review Corporation is an international medical organization that develops accreditation programs for medical facilities.
LIV Hospital Robotic Surgery Center is chosen as a Center of Excellence by the Surgical Review Corporation (SRC) as a place of exceptional quality, safety, outcome and care.
Oncology diseases required radiation application are treated with IORT - Intraoperative Radiotherapy aimed at microscopical removal of affected organs and tissues saving the health ones.
Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy is aimed at treatment of:
Heated (40-42C) chemo agents are placed into the stomach for 1.5 hours to destroy cancer cells and minimize the exposure for the other tissues. HIPEC is more harmful than usual chemotherapy.
Medical treatment at LIV Hospital involves an Oncogramme - kind of lab method to detect what medicines will be more effective during the treatment. Is applicable if primary tumor origin is unknown, tumor is rare, a patient was unsuccessfully treated by medication prior, it is neсessary to determine drug sensitivity and patient's resistance.
Pediatric cancer is treated according to the treatment plans developed by the LIV Hospital Pediatric Oncology Council.
There is a special approach of teamwork at LIV Hospital Group called ALARA - 'as low as is reasonably achievable' to monitor the spread of cancer, estimate the treatment efficiency and post-treatment patient's condition to timely reach on any changes and minimize side effects.
Liv specialists have performed 256 neurosurgery operations with survival rate of 91% (average index in Turkey – 81%).
All kinds of neurological disorders are treated in the center. It is consisted of specialized units:
The Brain and Neuro Surgery Department specialists provided 256 surgeries in 2016 including functional neurosurgery, brain and spinal surgeries, surgeries in children (hydrocephalus, craniosynostosis, etc).
Liv orthopedists have carried out 2,340 operations. LIV Hospital’s traumatology is the only department in Turkey which cooperates with the European organization AOSpine and applies MakoPlasty – the robot-assisted technique for knee endoprosthesis replacement without cords or muscles injuring.
Orthopedists use the MakoPlasty robotic system to replace knee joints with 97% of success rate. The device allows performing the operation while preserving muscles and ligaments. With its help, doctors install the endoprosthesis as accurately as possible so that it does not loosen and will serve for more than 20 years.
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Doctors at Liv Hospital Hair Transplant Center provide such methods of alopecia (baldness) treatment as:
Hair transplant in Liv Hospital is performed according to HR SYSTEMS Criteria — doctors transport the maximum number of grafts within 4-5 hours that helps achieve an ideal result.
Liv Obesity Center has been entitled as a Center of Excellence. Weight loss specialists performed over 700 surgeries for obesity treatment.
The center is among the most popular with international patients due to high outcomes after surgery.
