The Best In vitro Centre in the World
The desire to have a child is easy to realize in the Turkish MEMORIAL Hospitals Group. It includes the famous Reproductive Medicine Centre where the most progressive technologies have been used for more than 15 years.
Why Should we Choose Turkey When Applying?
The in vitro centre at MEMORIAL has been a holder of the internationally recognized quality certificate JCI. And in 2015, in London it received the award Best Centre for Sterility Treatment!
Thanks to the experienced specialists from the Centre for Reproductive Medicine at MEMORIAL hospitals almost any problem connected both with the infertility in men and women, finds its solution. Here, couples from all over the world seek help if:
- the woman, younger than 35 years old, has not been able to conceive for one year after getting married;
- for women, over 35 years old, have not been able to achieve planned pregnancy within six months;
- the woman has disturbances in the menstrual cycle;
- the previous pregnancies have ended with miscarriages;
- they have given birth to children with malformations;
- one the spouses suffers from congenital chromosomal diseases (haemophilia, Down syndrome, etc.)
What Treatment Will You be Offered at the In vitro Centre?
The Reproduction Centre at the MEMORIAL Clinic has three branches: in Istanbul, Antalya and Ankara. They are all equipped with cutting edge equipment for the performance of the most modern diagnostic manipulations and procedures in the field of artificial insemination.
Additionally, since 2013, the head of the In vitro Centre for reproductive medicine at MEMORIAL-Sisli Clinic (Istanbul), professor Semra Kahraman has been the chairperson of the Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis International Society.
“Our capabilities allow us to perform endoscopic treatment of infertility, diagnosis and treatment of endocrine gynaecological diseases, deep freezing of embryos and blastocysts”, says Dr. Semra Kahraman.
In addition, the specialists in the centre use puncture using laser, they can perform minimally invasive (laparoscopic) operation of the testicles for the production of sperms, they can perform genetic investigations of embryos before their implantation in the uterus (PGD) and many more.
Memorial Health Group is particularly proud of the successful in vitro fertilization surgeries. Most often this technique is used in cases of fallopian tube pathology, endometriosis, endocrine disorders, insufficient quantity or reduced sperm motility, presence of antibodies to sperm and infertility for unknown reasons.
At the MEMORIAL In Vitro Center, treatment of infertility is preceded by preimplantation diagnosis. This is genetic testing of the embryo before implantation in the uterus. Such testing allows for the pre-identification of major malformations, the detection of genetic diseases and the use of only healthy embryos for in vitro fertilization.
Annually in MEMORIAL about 3000 couples undergo the in vitro procedure and the probability of getting pregnant in young couples is very good - 65%.
If the prognosis is poor, i.e. if the woman is over 40 years old or has already had more than three unsuccessful IVF cycles, then pregnancy usually occurs in 25% of cases.
These indicators are much higher than the average global values.
Science does not stand still at Memorial
The Center for Reproductive Medicine at the MEMORIAL Clinic includes not only practical centers for infertility treatment, but also research centers. For example: a department of andrology and prenatal medicine, genetics, a center for the development of new technologies, a training center for doctors, embryologists, and other specialists in the field of artificial insemination.
The team consists of 70 specialists who conduct research work in the following areas:
- in vitro fertilization for women of late reproductive age who have had several unsuccessful in vitro attempts;
- artificial insemination for male infertility;
- IVF procedure for women with several miscarriages;
- determining the degree of the risk of genetic diseases;
- embryonic stem cell research for the production of heart tissue, nerves, cartilage, bone and pancreatic cells.
What do you need to know before visiting the clinic?
Before the treatment begins, spouses are offered to undergo a thorough examination at the clinic.
If the couple wants to start treatment on their first visit, the day should coincide with the second or third day of the woman's menstrual cycle. The man should abstain from sexual intercourse for three or four days before his visit at the clinic. This is necessary so that semen analysis can be done.
A complete in vitro cycle takes about 16 days. Ovarian stimulation with medication begins on day 2-3 of the menstrual cycle. Its duration is 7-10 days, depending on the treatment plan.
After that, within 36 hours, the woman takes stimulants for the maturation of eggs. The eggs are then removed and fertilized. After 3-5 days, the embryo is implanted in the woman's uterus.
The doctors of the MEMORIAL In Vitro Centre have programmes that provide for consultation and preparatory work in the clinic, and the medical treatment can also be carried out under the supervision of the attending physician at the place of residence.
In this case, the couple is in the hospital for no more than 7 days, and then comes to perform the in vitro procedure itself.
The staff of Memorial Hospitals Group is always ready for talk - the employees speak not only English, but Bulgarian, too.