Lokman Hekim University Ankara Hospital
Lokman Hekim University Ankara Hospital
Turkey, Ankara
Mehmet Emin Simsek
18 years of experience
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Knee arthroscopy in Ankara typically costs from $2,900 to $5,600. The final price depends on the corrective work needed, such as meniscus repair or cartilage debridement. Patients save around 78% compared to the US, where this procedure costs $10,000 on average. Most clinics bundle surgical fees, preoperative MRI scans, and airport transfers into the total budget.
Bookimed Expert Insight: Ankara serves as a specialized orthopedic hub compared to Istanbul, often offering more personalized care in university-affiliated settings. Clinics like Memorial Ankara Hospital and Private Koru Ankara Hospital provide JCI-accredited environments with high-volume surgical expertise. Patients find value here through professors like Suleyman Bulent Bektaser, who brings decades of experience in robotic knee surgery and international research.
| Turkey | Austria | Spain | |
| Knee Arthroscopy | from $1,250 | from $4,500 | from $3,200 |
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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 and arthroscopy, with extensive experience in robotic knee prosthesis surgery at Koru Ankara Hospital.