IVF Center

About the Branch

In vitro fertilization [IVF] Centers try to find solutions to many different issues, from unsuccessful in vitro fertilization cases to mothers of advanced age, from severe male infertility to recurrent miscarriages, with their expert team. Our team, which works hard for the success of IVF treatment and carries out important researches in this sense, also applies preimplantation genetic diagnosis methods in families with genetic disease risk.

What is infertility?

Infertility is the inability to get pregnant for 1 year despite regular sexual intercourse (2-3 times a week) without using any birth control method. In such a case, a doctor should be consulted in order to become pregnant. However, in some cases such as the following, there is no need to wait for 1 year;

The woman's advanced age
Irregular menstrual bleeding
Having a history of miscarriage
Having previous pelvic infections
Prostate infection in men
Testicles that are too small to be normal

In addition, in vitro fertilization methods are also applied to a healthy baby if there is a genetically transmitted disease in the family. E.g; B-thalassemia, Cystic Fibrosis, Sickle Cell Anemia, Hemophilia, Muscular Dystrophys, Fragile X… etc. The incidence of infertility in the community is 20%. It has been observed to occur with equal frequency in men and women. In our center, appropriate treatment methods are applied according to the cause of infertility.

Procedures Performed in Our Reproductive Health Center in General

ICSI (Intra Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection): It is the injection of sperm into the egg with the help of micro needles.

IVF (InVitro Fertilization): It is the incubation of egg and sperm together for fertilization after appropriate preparations.

Assisted Hatching: It is the thinning of the shell (zona pellucida) around the embryo. Thus, the chance of attachment of the embryo and the possibility of pregnancy are increased. In our center, this process is applied with a laser device. It is the examination of the cell taken from the embryo by biopsy method and obtaining information about its genetic structure. According to the results of this analysis, the appropriate embryo is selected for transfer.

Embryo Freezing: In our center, the remaining quality embryos after transfer are frozen by vitrification method.

Micro TESE: It is obtaining sperm by surgically removing tissue from the testis with the help of a microscope. It is applied to our patients who do not have sperm in their semen or who do not have live sperm.

Sperm Freezing: Sperm obtained by surgery from the testis can be frozen and stored.

Spermiogram: Sperm count, motility, morphology (appearance) and vitality (vitality) evaluations are performed in our center.

IUI (Intrauterine insemination): It is the introduction of sperm prepared by the swim-up method into the uterus. It is also called grafting.

Laparoscopy: With special camera systems, half-centimeter incisions are made from the navel region and the areas under the underwear line, and the entire surgical procedure is performed with a specially equipped video system.

Laparoscopy procedure is currently applied in the following cases;

In the diagnosis and treatment of infertility,
In the diagnosis and treatment of endometriosis,
Ectopic pregnancy,
Removal of adhesions around the uterus,
In the treatment of ovarian cysts, uterine myomas,
In tubal ligation,
It is widely used in the diagnosis and treatment of many diseases such as chronic inguinal pain.

Most of the patients are discharged on the same day, 2-3 hours after the procedure, and eating is allowed 6-8 hours later, starting with liquid foods. Cosmetically, laparoscopic methods are superior to open surgical procedures.

Hysteroscopy: Hysteroscopy is the process of examining the cervix, the inside of the uterus (womb) and the tube openings with thinner camera systems, similar to laparoscopy. Thus, problems that cause abnormal bleeding and miscarriage in the uterus or that may prevent pregnancy development can be detected and eliminated.

The procedures performed with hysteroscopy are:

Diagnostic use to monitor the inside of the uterus
Biopsy by seeing through the intrauterine wall
Removal of polyps and fibroids that cause bleeding from the uterus
Removal of the pregnancy walls in the uterus, which divide the uterus into two and cause a decrease in its volume.
Removal of intrauterine adhesions

When hysteroscopy is accepted as the first day of menstrual bleeding, it is appropriate to perform it between the 6th and 12th days. Within the scope of office hysteroscopy procedures, diagnosis and treatment of infertility, menstrual irregularities, uterine canal and intrauterine gland diseases can be performed simultaneously.

HSG (Hysterosalpingography); It is a test that allows the examination of the uterus and tubes. This examination is performed by a gynecology and obstetrician in the radiology department. After the special radiopaque material injected into the uterus during the examination, a film is taken several times to determine the anatomical structure of the uterus and tubes, and it is checked whether there is any obstruction in the tubes.