Lokman Hekim University Ankara Hospital
Knee replacement in Ankara typically costs from $7,800 to $11,200. The total price depends on the surgical technique, implant brand, and whether the procedure is unilateral or bilateral. Patients save around 76% compared to the US, where this procedure costs $45,000 on average. Standard packages in Ankara include preoperative tests, MRI, general anesthesia, inpatient hospitalization, and airport-hotel transfers.
Bookimed Expert Insight: Ankara is the academic heart of Turkish orthopedics, home to several highly-rated university hospitals. Many centers offer significant value by bundling extensive post-operative hotel stays into the price. Lokman Hekim Akay Hospital, for example, includes 4 days of hotel recovery alongside hospital care. This ensures patients receive professional monitoring during the most critical early recovery phase without extra billing.
| Turkey | Austria | Spain | |
| Knee replacement | from $7,500 | from $20,000 | from $9,500 |
| Unicompartmental (partial) knee replacement | from $3,500 | from $14,000 | from $11,000 |
| Total knee replacement (arthroplasty) revision | from $6,821 | from $27,000 | from $22,000 |
| Total knee replacement (TKR) with OMNI | from $8,500 | from $25,000 | from $16,000 |
| Revision knee arthroplasty | from $6,000 | from $30,000 | from $15,000 |
Day 1 - Arrival
Day 2 - Pre-Operation
Day 3 - Operation Day
Day 4 - Post-Operation
Week 1-2 - Rehabilitation
Week 3-6
Week 6-12
Each patient"s recovery timeline may vary depending on individual circumstances and overall health.
Dr. Ahmet Arik specializes in knee replacements at Lokman Hekim Akay Hospital.
Dr. Mustafa Akkaya earned his medical degree from Gazi University (2003–2009). He completed his residency in Orthopedics and Traumatology at Ankara Yıldırım Beyazit University (2009–2014). He holds a PhD in Musculoskeletal System and Regenerative Medicine from the same university (2016–2020).
In 2022, he received the European Knee Society Knee Arthroplasty Traveling Researcher Fellowship in robotic knee arthroplasty. He worked as a clinical researcher at Helios ENDO‑Klinik Hamburg (2021–2022), focusing on advanced joint surgery and prosthetic infections. He also worked as a clinical researcher at Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna (2014), focusing on arthroscopic joint surgery, meniscus, and cartilage. In 2013, he held the same role at ATOS Clinic Heidelberg.
Clinical interests include joint surgery, knee and hip surgery, prosthetic infections, meniscus and cartilage surgery, and regenerative medicine.
Prof. Dr. Suleyman Bulent Bektaser specializes in knee arthroplasty with a focus on robotic knee prosthesis surgery at Private Koru Ankara Hospital.
Dr. Emre Acaroglu is the founding director of the Ankara Spine Center at Memorial Ankara Hospital. He is an orthopedist and traumatologist specializing in complex spine surgery and scoliosis treatment. Dr. Acaroglu completed a clinical research fellowship at Columbia University in New York.
Written by Kateryna Zamkovska