University hospitals contribute to the development of advanced medical practices

According to the written statement made by YÖK, university hospitals all over Türkiye popularize health services that require high expertise with their advanced medical technologies and strong academic staff, while directly touching the lives of patients with the special operations and treatments they perform.

University hospitals, which provide specialized health services in many areas from robotic surgery to organ transplantation, from in-utero surgery to advanced cancer treatments, from artificial intelligence-supported imaging to domestic health technologies, are among the important elements of Türkiye's health capacity with their academic knowledge and technological infrastructure.

Remote surgery was performed between Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine and Muş State Hospital. The operation, managed by Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine, was performed using 5G infrastructure and a domestically produced surgical robot.

It was stated that the operation, in which a multidisciplinary team of approximately 30 people took part, was the first case of fetal surgery performed with a closed method in Türkiye.

Akdeniz University Hospital continues its pioneering role in organ transplantation as the center where the world's first cadaver uterus transplantation was performed, as well as Türkiye's first double arm and face transplantation.

The world's first simultaneous 8-cross liver transplant was performed at İnönü University Turgut Özal Medical Center Liver Transplant Institute.

At Karadeniz Technical University Farabi Hospital, the facial deformation of 16-year-old Samet Çağlar, which occurred after the traffic accident, was analyzed using tomography and 3D modeling.

Source: TRT Haber Sağlık RSS (Open Press / Translated Full Text)