Memorial Şişli Hospital
The total cost of spine cyst treatment in Turkey depends on the specific treatment plan. A consultation with a neurosurgeon is $200. Surgical removal, which includes hospitalization and meals, costs around $15,000. An operation involving decompression and posterior instrumentation with lumbar laminectomy is $6,500, covering hospitalization and medical materials. The overall treatment plan, encompassing consultation, preoperative and postoperative examinations, and surgery, is determined after an individual assessment of each patient.
Dr. Ertugrul Pinar specializes in adult and pediatric brain and spine diseases at Hisar Hospital Intercontinental.
Prof. Dr. Ahmet Hilmi Kaya is a professor of neurosurgery at Anadolu Medical Center in Gebze, Turkey. He earned his MD from Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa (English program). He completed his neurosurgery residency there from 1996 to 2003. He became a professor in 2015. He also completed observerships at Maastricht University in 2007 and 2009.
His clinical focus includes functional and stereotactic neurosurgery, including deep brain stimulation (DBS) for Parkinson’s disease and essential tremor. He also treats spinal tumors and spinal stenosis and performs spinal instrumentation. He manages skull base and brain tumors. He performs vascular surgery of the central nervous system.
Achievements include leading a Parkinson’s research project at Ondokuz Mayıs University (BAP, Project No. T.597, 2008). He supervised a neurosurgery thesis in 2008. His awards include third place at the 2nd National Congress of the Society of Neurosurgery in 2006, the Turkish Neurosurgical Society Overseas Scholarship in 2008, and the Aysima Altınok Thesis Award in 2009. Several of his papers ranked at the 22nd and 23rd Turkish Neurosurgical Society Scientific Congresses in 2008 and 2009. He is a member of the Turkish Neurosurgical Society and the Turkish Medical Association.
Specializes in neurosurgery with a focus on spine conditions – trained at the University of Wisconsin Neurosurgery Clinic.
Professor Onur Yaman leads the Middle East Spine Society – specializing in spine conditions at NP Istanbul Brain Hospital.