Shortly after its opening, it was awarded the Joint Commission International (JCI) of America, the most important international accreditation certificate in health, and the TÜV the European ISO certificate.
Liv Hospital Ulus, which has been growing with each passing day for 7 years with its medical departments, technology, expert physician staff and heartfelt devotion to the value of the human life, has become a reference center in health care in a short time.
Inspired by the self-healing ability of the human body, Liv Hospital knows that the greatest treatment has started peacefully since its establishment, and continues to advance with a focus on individualized treatment. With its patient-focused approach, distinguished physician staff, healthcare personnel, medical infrastructure and technology, Liv Hospital Ulus / Istanbul is composed of 154 beds, 8 operating theaters and 50 clinics in a closed area of 30 thousand square meters.
Liv Hospital is aiming to become the representative instutition of Turkey in the international arena as a visionary with it’s impeccable service concept and highlighting the concept of health not disease. It also offers the best services and solutions to improve the quality of life.
Liv Hospital, which builds its private health sector studies on a scientific platform and compares its medical results to the best centers in the world, derives its strength from the fact that the departments are composed of top specialties. As Liv Hospital, we produce quality health services for our guests and at the same time, we conduct scientific studies and researches. We sign important collaborations with a number of reputable universities and research hospitals in Turkey and abroad. This required a more specific treatment approach and the establishment of special units within clinics.
Liv Hospital Team will continue to shed light on different topics and be the leader in this journey.
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.
Bone Marrow Transplant Center
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:
- autologous — own patient’s cells
- allogeneic — both from related and unrelated donors.
Stem cells for the treatment are taken from bone marrow, peripheral blood, umbilical cord blood.
Cancer Center
LIV oncologists provide treatment for cancers of all kinds.
Hair preservation chemo
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.
Deep inspiration breath hold (DIBH)
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.
Robotic Surgery Center
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.
Radiation therapy
Oncology diseases required radiation application are treated with IORT – Intraoperative Radiotherapy aimed at microscopical removal of affected organs and tissues saving the health ones.
HIPEC
Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy is aimed at treatment of:
- appendiceal tumors
- colorectal cancer with stomach metastasis
- ovarian cancer.
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.
Center of Neurological Sciences
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).
Orthopedics Clinic
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.
MAKOPlasty robot
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.
Hair Transplant Clinic
Doctors at Liv Hospital Hair Transplant Center provide such methods of alopecia (baldness) treatment as:
- FUE — the most common technique; 85% of patients who suffers from hair loss choose this treatment method
- Hair mesotherapy — drug injections directly to the hair and the root of the hair
- PRP — patient’s own blood is mixed with the DNA activator and injected into the scalp by special devices
- CT therapy — is a hair mesotherapy method that helps to control the hair loss by an average of 6-8 months with a single session; especially popular with overseas patients.
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.
Obesity Surgery Center
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.
- in the first month, patients lose 20% of excess fat
- in the second month — 37%
- in six months — 54%
- in a year, patients lose 71% of their excess weight.
