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Treatment of liver cancer with percutaneous embolization (coiling) or chemoembolization (552978) | Gaziosmanpasa Hospital of Yeniyuzyil University - BookingHealth
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Treatment of liver cancer with percutaneous embolization (coiling) or chemoembolization in Gaziosmanpasa Hospital of Yeniyuzyil University

Gaziosmanpasa Hospital of Yeniyuzyil University

Istanbul, Turkey
Program id # 552978
Doctor photo
Dr. med. Şemsi Güliz Yılmaz
Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology
Specialized in: diagnostic and interventional radiology

The program includes:

  • Initial presentation in the clinic
  • clinical history taking
  • review of medical records
  • physical examination
  • laboratory tests:
    • complete blood count
    • general urine analysis
    • biochemical analysis of blood
    • TSH-basal, fT3, fT4
    • tumor markers (AFP, CEA, СА-19-9)
    • inflammation indicators (CRP, ESR)
    • indicators of blood coagulation
  • abdominal ultrasound​ scan
  • CT/MRI of abdomen
  • preoperative care
  • percutaneous embolization (coiling) or chemoembolization
  • symptomatic treatment
  • cost of essential medicines
  • nursing services
  • elaboration of further recommendations

How program is carried out

During the first visit, the doctor will conduct a clinical examination and go through the results of the available diagnostic tests. After that, you will undergo the necessary additional examination, such as the assessment of liver and kidney function, ultrasound scan, CT scan and MRI. This will allow the doctor to determine which vessels are feeding the tumor and its metastases, as well as determine how well you will tolerate the procedure.

Chemoembolization begins with local anesthesia and catheterization of the femoral artery. The thin catheter is inserted through a few centimeters long incision of the blood vessel. The doctor gradually moves the catheter to the vessel feeding the primary tumor or its metastases. The procedure is carried out under visual control, an angiographic device is used for this. The vascular bed and the position of the catheter in it are displayed on the screen of the angiograph.

When the catheter reaches a suspected artery, a contrast agent is injected through it. Due to the introduction of the contrast agent, the doctor clearly sees the smallest vessels of the tumor and the surrounding healthy tissues on the screen of the angiograph. After that, he injects emboli into the tumor vessels through the same catheter.

Emboli are the spirals or the liquid microspheres. The type of embolus is selected individually, taking into account the diameter of the target vessel. When carrying out chemoembolization, a solution of a chemotherapy drug is additionally injected into the tumor vessel. Due to the subsequent closure of the vessel lumen with an embolus, the chemotherapy drug influences the tumor for a long time. In addition, the drug does not enter the systemic circulation, which allows doctors to use high doses of chemotherapeutic agents without the development of serious side effects. Chemoembolization leads to the destruction of the tumor or slowing down its progression.

After that, the catheter is removed from the artery. The doctor puts a vascular suture on the femoral artery and closes it with a sterile dressing. During chemoembolization, you will be awake. General anesthesia is not used, which significantly reduces the risks of the procedure and allows performing it on an outpatient basis, avoiding long hospital stay.

After the first procedure, you will stay under the supervision of an interventional oncologist and general practitioner. If necessary, you will receive symptomatic treatment. As a rule, a second chemoembolization procedure is performed in 3-5 days after the first one in order to consolidate the therapeutic effect. After that, you will receive recommendations for further follow-up and treatment.

Required documents

  • Medical records
  • MRI/CT scan (not older than 3 months)
  • Biopsy results (if available)

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About the department

The Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology at the Gaziosmanpasa Hospital of Yeniyuzyil University offers the full range of services in this medical field. The department is fitted out with state-of-the-art medical equipment, for example, high-precision CT, MRI devices, digital angiography, mammography, X-ray examinations, etc. The competent doctors work with the patients. They are the best specialists of the country in the field of their specialization and regularly demonstrate excellent results of their clinical activities. The department is headed by Dr. med. Şemsi Güliz Yılmaz.

The diagnostic options of the department:

  • Classic and color doppler ultrasound examinations
  • Classic X-ray examinations
  • Digital X-ray examinations (with contrast enhancement and without it)
    • Intravenous urography
    • Voiding cystourethrography
    • Fistulography
    • Hysterosalpingography
  • Mammography (breast diagnostics), including the digital examination
  • Computed tomography (64-slice computed tomography scanner)
  • Magnetic resonance imaging
  • Densitometry (bone density measurement)
  • Digital fluoroscopy (for example, to examine stomach, intestines and uterus)
  • Angiography (vascular contrast-enhanced examination)
  • Other radiological examinations

The department specializes in the following therapeutic and interventional manipulations:

  • Balloon angioplasty and stent implantation. Restoration of the patency or expansion of the lumen of occluded or narrowed vessels by installing a balloon catheter or a stent in them.
  • Implantation of drains and stents into the bile ducts is a technique used to ensure the flow of bile into the intestine by restoration of the blocked bile ducts with the help of stents.
  • Embolization is the elimination of aneurysms, vascular deformities, haemorrhages.
  • Chemoembolization is a procedure, which provides direct administration of drugs through the vessels to cancer tumors.
  • Insertion of a central venous catheter is a procedure for implantation of a catheter for intravenous supply, administration of drugs, or dialysis.
  • Radiofrequency ablation is a method of using radiofrequency energy in order to destroy cancer cells.
  • Thrombolysis is the restoration of permeability of occluded vessels with special drugs, which dissolve blood clots.
  • Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunting is a procedure used to treat portal hypertension. It reduces pressure in the liver vessels.
  • Other therapeutic services

Photo of the doctor: (c) Private Gaziosmanpasa Hospital 


About hospital

The Gaziosmanpasa Hospital of Yeniyuzyil University is a private maximum care medical facility with the high standards of patient care. The hospital began its activities in 1992 and during this time has gained an excellent reputation in Turkey and in many other countries of the world.

The hospital building covers an area of ​​60,000 square meters and is designed to accept 350 inpatients. The construction of the hospital was designed using modern earthquake-resistant technology and carried out in accordance with the international requirements. The facility has 12 high-tech operating rooms with the advanced surgical and navigation systems, for example, DaVinci surgical system, Gamma Knife, etc. During the long years of productive work, the hospital has performed more than 60,000 successful operations and delivered more than 22,000 babies. It should be noted that the medical facility is especially focused on transplantology, surgery, cardiology, oncology, and reproductive medicine. Also, plastic surgery and hair transplantation are very popular.

In 2007, the hospital standardized the quality of medical services and received the prestigious ISO 9001: 2008 certificate. In addition, in 2009, the hospital was awarded Class A status, which means the highest level of medical care, and it maintains this title every year. Since March 2013, the medical facility has initiated a process for obtaining an internationally recognized and world-famous accreditation assessment model from Joint Commission International (JCI).

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Accommodation in hospital

Patients rooms

The patients of the Gaziosmanpasa Hospital of Yeniyuzyil University live in comfortable rooms of a five-star hotel level. The rooms are designed in beige and brown colors and they are equipped with all the necessary facilities, such as an automatically adjustable bed, a wardrobe and a bedside table for personal belongings, a small couch and armchairs for visitors, a TV and a telephone. Also, each room has an ensuite bathroom with shower and toilet.

Meals and Menus

The patients of the hospital are offered tasty and balanced three meals a day: buffet breakfast, lunch and dinner. Also, with appropriate clinical indications or if desired, a diet menu is provided.

Further details

Standard rooms include:

Toilet
Shower
Wi-Fi
TV