Pediatric Neurosurgery

Specialties of the Pediatric Neurosurgery

Team Liv Hospital is engaged in clinical, academic and scientific work with the staff of the relevant Department of İstinye University Faculty of Medicine, where it has a Brain and Nerve Surgery Clinic. Along with the latest technological equipment and in cooperation with all units within the hospital, many patients who are not able to undergo surgery in many centers domestically and abroad or who are turned away because they are deemed too risky, are successfully operated on.

Live Surgical Courses

Many neurosurgeons attend live surgery courses organized every year under the guidance of the department or participate via webcast on the internet. The studies in these surgical courses are later published in reputable journals in the international neurosurgery literature; they are shown as examples in congresses and symposiums.

Surgeons Specialized in Their Fields

The Pediatric Neurosurgery team specialized at the Liv Hospital Brain and Nerve Surgery Clinic strives to find the right surgical solutions for all neurosurgical issues of the pediatric patients. Surgeons and physicians from other departments, each specialized in their field, reorganized the Pediatric Neurosurgery unit with a different approach and completely redesigned the system.

The aim of the Pediatric Neurosurgery team is to ensure that no baby or child is born sick or gets sick. The aim of the clinic is to provide the best health care to every child who contracts a disease.

Multidisciplinary Approach

At the Liv Hospital Pediatric Neurosurgery (Pediatric Brain and Nerve Surgery) Clinic, all surgical problems regarding the brain and nerve surgery of all children, from babies in the womb until 18 years of age, are examined as a team.

Due to its structure, our department works in close cooperation with Pediatrics, Neonatal (Perinatology) Unit, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Pediatric Surgery, Pediatric Neurology, Pediatric Oncology, Pediatric Psychiatry, Pediatric Urology, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Department, Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Department, Anesthesiology and Reanimation Department, Orthopedics and Traumatology Department, Neuroradiology Department and other related branches. Patients are quickly examined and treated on common platforms with up-to-date and proven scientific methods.

Technical Infrastructure

Liv Hospital Pediatric Neurosurgery Clinic provides inpatient treatment of pediatric patients at the pediatric diseases service and pediatric/neonatal services. At this unit, service is provided with the most modern and technological infrastructure suitable for pediatric patients.

Special Operating Microscope

The operation room, which is the main base of Pediatric Neurosurgery, has a special structure that is only used for brain and spinal cord operations. All operations are performed under a special operating microscope (Zeiss Pentero 900) used only in a few centers in the world. This microscope not only magnifies and illuminates the operated area, but also allows more detailed operations to be performed by staining the tumors and vessels with its special filters. Within this scope, after the administration of sodium fluorescein during tumor surgery, the special Yellow 560 filter allows the tumor to be distinguished more easily from the regular brain and spinal cord tissues.