Heart
Transplantation Unit
Treatment program at this field began in
2002 and currently it is one of the busiest transplantation centers in our
country. Special attention is paid to the terminal stage heart failure patients
and especially who have complex congenital heart diseases.
Vascular
Surgery Unit
It has been established to provide a
specific point of view to both surgical and medical treatment of vascular
diseases. Outpatient care is provided to more than 4.000 patients annualy. All
kind of arterial system treatments are being performed in medical and surgical
poit of view, including vasodilatation therapies, carotid endarterectomies and
distal limb bypass surgeries. Thermocoagulation, sclerotherapy, endovenous
treatments in the treatment of varicose veins are performed; a separate unit
has been established for the treatment of post-thrombophlebitic syndrome,
lymphedema and venous ulcer treatments.
This unit is also the pioneer in our
country for endovascular stent graft applications in aortic aneurysms,
performing operations successfully for the patients who are convenient for this
process.
Thoracic
Surgery
Surgical treatments of all intrathoracic
diseases, mainly lung cancers, restoration of chest wall structural
deformities, cyctic and inflammatory diseases of lungs are performed. VATS
(video aided thoracoscopic surgery) which is getting more popular at recent
years is a surgical approach to intrathoracic pathologies. Especially the video
operation of hyperhidrosis (sympatectomy) which has hand and arm sweating
symptoms is successfully treated in our clinic.