Craniotomy at Memorial Şişli Hospital in Istanbul, Turkey may cost around $26,900 for hydrocephalus treatment. The JCI-accredited facility offers specialized neurosurgery performed by Dr. Nezih Ozkan, who has _doctor_7171_years_ of experience with 900+ procedures.
About the Procedure
Craniotomy treats conditions like hydrocephalus, brain tumors, and craniosynostosis. The hospital provides different surgical approaches including shunt placement and microsurgical tumor removal. Patients typically stay 5-20 days depending on their condition.
What's Included
Craniotomy surgery
1 regional MRI scan
2 cranial CT scans without contrast
Airport-hotel-clinic transfers
Russian-speaking interpreter
Meals for patient and companion
About Dr. Nezih Ozkan
The neurosurgeon has specialized in pediatric cases and complex tumor removal for over four decades. He personally reviews each patient's documents to create customized treatment plans.
Hospital Details
Memorial Şişli maintains a 4.7/5 rating from 341 patients. As Turkey's first JCI-accredited hospital, it follows international safety protocols. The neurosurgery department achieves high success rates for complex cases.
Contact the clinic for a personalized consultation and exact pricing details.
Memorial Şişli Hospital in Turkey is established in 2000. It is one out 15 hospitals of Memorial Healthcare Group which serves 1,600,000 patients annually, 15,000 of them are foreigners. The Memorial Healthcare Group consists of hospitals located in Istanbul, Antalya, Ankara, Kayseri, and Diyarbakır.
According to US News & World Report, Memorial is the best group of hospitals for treatment of American patients outside the USA.
Memorial Şişli Hospital is located in the city center of the European part of Istanbul. The distance between the hospital and Istanbul Ataturk International Airport is 28 km.
Advantages of Memorial Şişli Hospital in Istanbul
The hospital applies the latest equipment for diagnostics and treatment: 64-slice CT device for the precise tumors examination, TrueBeam STx radiotherapy device and IMRT apparatus to irradiate tumors without healthy tissues affection.
Professors and doctors who work in the hospital, regularly practice in top medical centers of Europe and the USA.
Advanced IVF Center. There is one of the best IVF centers of the country regarding the number of successful procedures in Memorial Şişli Hospital.
The assistance of international patients. The staff of the International Department assists patients in each step of medical travel.
Memorial Şişli Hospital in figures
Awards and achievements of Memorial Şişli Hospital in Istanbul
JCI accreditation
Memorial is the 1st medical network in Turkey, which was accredited by Joint Commission International (JCI) in 2002 and confirmed it in 2005, 2008, 2011, 2014. JCI certificate ensures Memorial hospitals’ compliance with high-quality criteria. Among them are a success rate of surgeries, modern equipment, outstanding coordinating processes within a medical team.
ISO 15189 certificate
The laboratory of Memorial Şişli IVF Center is the 1st in Turkey and other Asian countries which is accredited according to ISO 15189 quality requirements.
Oncology Department
Doctors of the Oncology Department carry out the treatment in accordance with the international NCCN (National Comprehensive Cancer Network) and ESMO (European Society for Medical Oncology) protocols.
The department is equipped with the latest radiotherapy devices — TrueBeam STx and IMRT. They irradiate tumors of up to 1.5 mm in size with high accuracy without affecting healthy tissues.
Oncosurgeons of the Memorial Şişli Hospital specialize in minimally invasive operations. They use Da Vinci robotic surgery, laparoscopy, endoscopy. Surgical intervention is performed through small punctures up to 1-3 cm. As a result, a patient has no scars after the surgery. The recovery takes only 5-10 days.
Prevention of side effects
Side effects, (vomiting and fever) occur after chemotherapy in most of the cases. To avoid such consequences, doctors prescribe immunostimulants and special drugs.
Doctors also apply a special DigniCap cap to prevent hair loss during and after chemo. This cap influences on the scalp with cold. As a result, the blood vessels constrict, so chemotherapy does not reach the hair roots.
Cancer diagnostics at Memorial Şişli, Istanbul
Bone Marrow Transplant Center
Doctors conduct a bone marrow transplant for patients with blood and lymphatic system diseases.
Specialists perform 100 such procedures annually. The success rate depends on the patient’s diagnosis — 80-90% according to the hospital’s statistics.
Doctors perform:
an autologous transplant using own patient’s cells
allogeneic transplant from relatives (unrelated donors can be found via the international bank).
The wards are equipped with HEPA-filters and separate ventilation system. It ensures sterile conditions and prevents infections.
IVF Center
Doctors treat infertility with IVF. The success rate of the procedure is 65%.
Memorial Şişli Hospital is the 1st medical center in Turkey where doctors have performed IVF with ICSI microinjections. Alike IVF procedure, ICSI fertilization technique takes place not in a test-tube, but directly in the egg cytoplasm. Due to this, chances for successful pregnancy increase.
Such procedures are carried out at the center:
Pre-implantation genetic examination of the embryo. It ensures that the baby will not have hereditary diseases.
Preparing the woman's body for embryo implantation.
Intrauterine diagnosis of the fetus.
Management of pregnancy.
Psychological counseling for a couple.
Over 3,000 in vitro fertilization procedures are performed annually. More than 10,000 babies have born since Memorial Şişli Hospital foundation.
Transplant Department
Memorial Şişli Hospital is the 1st private medical facility in Turkey where doctors conducted kidney and liver transplant. The hospital is licensed by the Turkish Ministry of Health to perform organ transplant procedures.
Memorial Şişli transplant specialists practice in European and American hospitals. The organ transplant procedures for international patients are performed only from a related donor.
The success rate of the kidney transplant is 99%, the liver — 93.5%.
Neurosurgery Department
Specialists of the Neurosurgery Department perform operations for children and adults with brain and spinal cord tumors, diseases of the nervous system. A team of neurosurgeons, neuroradiologists, oncologists provides the treatment.
Here is a center for minimally invasive spinal cord surgery. Doctors apply microsurgical and endoscopic techniques to operate the spinal cord. Due to this, a surgical intervention is low injuring; a risk to affect nervous ends is reduced.
After the surgery, a team of physiotherapists and rehab specialists works with patients.
Service for international patients
Accommodation
Patients stay in 1-, 2-bed rooms. There are a bathroom, TV, WiFi in each room.
On the territory of Memorial Şişli building, there is a 5-star hotel with 8 standard and 2 luxury rooms.
Transfer
The staff members of the International Department assist an airport-hospital transfer for patients.
Language assistance
The hospital provides services of a medical interpreter.
A ward at Memorial, Turkey
Hospitals of Memorial Healthcare Group in other cities:
Patients choose Memorial Şişli Hospital most frequently to treat the following conditions: Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Otorhinolaryngology/Ear, Nose and Throat(ENT), Rheumatology, Oncology, Endocrinology, Neurology, Diagnostics.
What procedures do patients have most often?
The most common procedures in the hospital are: Craniotomy.
We received an online consultation from the neurosurgeon Gokhan Silav, he explained in great detail, answered all our questions, it is clear that he is a knowledgeable person in his field, I thank the representative of the bookimed company Inge for organizing the consultation, for high-quality work, I wish you success in work and life, thank you very much! !! Thank you very much to the clinic's re-enrollment girl Ele! Helped us a lot, thank you all!
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Ivan • Brain tumor removal
Serbia
Aug 2, 2024
Verified review.
We was at Memorial ATASEHIR hospital and NOT at Memorial Sisli hospital.
Since we stayed longer than planned due to real needs, we became like a kind of extended family during that time. Gratitude to all the nurses and all the staff, led by the doctors
Their whole approach to patients is very human, in the sense that they don't see you as just a body, but a human being with a soul as God created him, something that is hard to experience in the west...so probably that's something special that needs single out.
only knowledge of foreign languages for ordinary staff, even though we had fun communicating like this :)
About Bookimed service
quick answers and referral to the right hospital
Иван • EEG (Electroencephalography)
Ukraine
Dec 2, 2018
Verified review.
I am Aunty's girl Arina, who together with her father visited Istanbul to clarify the diagnosis, were very pleased with Memorial Clinic, especially with the coordinates of doctors who very quickly organized everything, this is the first Anton Chebotarenko, Alexander, Lala, Tanya. We are going to go there for rehabilitation, they gave us hope and we believe in it. Thank you all!
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Dimitar • Spinal stenosis
Bulgaria
Jul 23, 2024
Verified review.
The doctor spend around 45 minutes on my exam. Certainly I will recommend.
He advised doing a neurological test I have never heard off for a better diagnose and I certainly already have a lot of knowledge on my condition.
The whole experiece was excellent
Ghassan • Herniated disk
Bahrain
Jan 23, 2019
Verified review.
I’m good .. the doctor was more than great .. he explained everything for me ..
He was very friendly as well ..
And the good news is that he made me feel good about my condition and that I don’t have to worry .. I have a black disc ..
he told me to continue my life and not to think about it if it’s not causing me any difficulties in life
I would like to thank you Anna .. you’ve been so helpful and understanding through my journey
Thank you Again
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