Biruni University Hospital is a world-class modern Turkish medical centre located in Istanbul. The hospital is housed in a ten-storey building with 500 employees, more than 100 of whom are highly specialised doctors. There are 150 inpatient beds. The hospital has the following departments:
The neurosurgical department has all the equipment it needs to diagnose diseases (including early diagnostics) and to carry out operations. Specialists select an individual therapy programme for each patient, which increases the chances of a successful surgical outcome. The main areas of neurosurgery that the local doctors work with are:
Minimally invasive surgery using the da Vinci robot helps doctors to successfully perform complex spinal cord and brain surgeries. After these operations, mortality and the occurrence of severe neurological disorders are reduced to zero.
| Deep Brain Stimulation DBS |
| Brain MRI |
| Consultation with a neurosurgeon |
| Stimulator insertion surgery |
| Quality of life recommendations |
At the Biruni clinic, depending on the patient’s illness, doctors can run several sophisticated tests:
When carrying out neurosurgery, specialists choose the most appropriate procedure options for each case. This is where doctors turn to these types of interventions:
| Transnasal resection of a pituitary adenoma |
| Consultation with a specialist |
| Comprehensive examination |
| A minimally invasive operation to remove a pituitary adenoma |
| Rehabilitation |
The medical centre offers effective treatment for orthopaedic diseases, which includes both non-invasive and surgical therapies. Endoscopic instruments are successfully used here and open surgery is performed. In addition, the doctors of the department specialise in sports surgery, reconstructive surgery, traumatology and paediatric orthopaedics and spinal surgery. The orthopaedists at the Biruni Clinic most often treat scoliosis, tendon injuries, joint injuries, movement disorders and congenital bone deformities.
Patients who need rehabilitation can undergo it according to modern standards in the physiotherapy and rehabilitation department of Biruni Hospital. The doctors use a multidisciplinary approach to draw up a treatment programme – this helps to ensure that rehabilitation is tailored to all the patient’s needs in the shortest possible time. The clinic provides quality rehabilitation treatment for neurological and orthopaedic diseases, sports injuries and congenital pathologies. The doctors at the Biruni Clinic use effective modern techniques that have proven themselves worldwide:
For young patients with developmental delays, difficulties in adapting to society and other psychological problems, the specialists at the medical centre apply a special approach. Each child receives the care and productive therapy from the ward’s staff, which quickly improves their ability to perceive the world around them.
| Procedure | Cost |
| Specialist consultation | from $150 |
| Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) | from $700 |
| Biopsy | from $1,700 |
| Computed Tomography (CT) | from $400 |
| Coronarography | from $800 |
| Lab tests | from $250 |
| Procedure | Cost |
| Robotic Prostatectomy | from $14,000 |
| Coronary Artery Bypass surgery | from $9,000 |
| Cochlear implant surgery | from $12,000 |
| Knee replacement | from $14,000 |
| A kidney transplant from a related donor | from $18,000 |
| Chemotherapy | from $1,500 |
