Services Offered

Gynecologic Examination

The basic recommendations given below will prove useful before coming to your appointment for examination in the outpatient clinic except for pregnancy.

Considerations before gynecologic examination
It is important that patients are available on the stated hour of appointment for gynecologic examination. Actions such as vaginal douching, using medication such as vaginal cream or vaginal suppository or engaging in sexual intercourse are not recommended before the examination as these can affect examination, tests and the results of these. Having an empty bladder (urinary) during the examination will ensure a more comfortable examination for you. In addition to these, we do not recommend wearing tight clothes as these can prove difficult during ultrasound and examination procedures.

Also, please remember to bring along all of your previous x-rays and tests which you have, so that you can show these to your physician together with your file.

Please arrive in Obstetrics and Gynecology Outpatient Clinic on the date and time scheduled to you for appointment to examination, inform the relevant secretaries about your appointment and physician and proceed to the waiting room. You will be called when your examination turn comes.

Pregnancy Examination

Pregnancy is a very important period during which different examinations are performed and both maternal health and fetal health are monitored in each phase from the beginning to the end. All women are recommended to have themselves controlled at least once before pregnancy. Furthermore, expectant mothers should apply to our outpatient clinic in order to initiate their pregnancy care in the soonest time possible after becoming aware of their pregnancy. Expectant mothers are called to our Obstetrics Outpatient Clinic at times, designated by the physician in charge, for various tests including examination, detailed ultrasound scan, double test, nuchal translucency scan, triple test, amniocentesis, Doppler and NST. Moreover, physician-led trainings are delivered on predetermined dates and times to expectant mothers by nurses who have received special trainings.

Considerations before pregnancy examination
While you are coming for the appointment, please remember to bring along all of your previous tests and pregnancy monitoring form which you have. Please arrive in Obstetrics and Gynecology Outpatient Clinic on the date and time scheduled to you for appointment to examination, inform the relevant secretaries about your appointment and physician and proceed to the waiting room. You will be called when your examination turn comes.

Postpartum Check-up

Scheduling an appointment for a check-up to be performed 6 weeks after delivery is recommended for both normal and cesarean method delivery. This appointment is of importance for diagnosis and treatment of certain issues which could emerge after child delivery. Postpartum check-up and tests for babies are stated by the pediatricians in the Nursery, which is located in Ward 82, Maternity Service.

Ultrasonography

Ultrasonography evaluations are performed in Gynecology and Obstetrics Department for examining various women’s health diseases, monitoring pregnant patients, the process of infertility treatment and as a part of normal examination.

Ultrasonography evaluations of patients are carried out through 2 different methods in our outpatient clinic. Transabdominal ultrasound involves imaging over abdominal skin. Transvaginal ultrasound is performed with a special probe inserted into vagina.

Considerations before ultrasound scans
As an ultrasound scan is usually performed at the same time with an outpatient clinic, you do not need to make a special preparation other than those mentioned above, unless it is stated otherwise by your physician. Both of these ultrasound scans can be performed during menstruation.

Transabdominal ultrasonography: As examination is to be made over the abdomen, a full bladder is essential in patients who will not be given a vaginal ultrasound scan. Therefore, patients can be asked to drink water for a full bladder.

Transvaginal ultrasonography: The method of transvaginal ultrasonography is more preferable to transabdominal ultrasonography in respect to diagnosing a wide range of diseases, as the former offers a higher imaging quality. In contrast to transabdominal ultrasonography, an empty bladder is required.

Ultrasound Examinations During Pregnancy

Ultrasound scan during pregnancy is one of the most important tests which gives opportunity to early diagnosis of many issues in both normal and problematic pregnancy care. Performing an ultrasound scan during pregnancy can be considered as examining the baby in the uterus of mother. In this respect, an ultrasonographic scan at least once in each trimester is recommended. The first ultrasound scan performed in the early pregnancy is particularly important for determining the week of pregnancy, which will provide a basis for the following imaging procedures. Furthermore, ultrasound enables it to be easily understood whether the early pregnancy is an ectopic pregnancy or a normal pregnancy. Various body measurements of the baby are carried out, estimated weight is calculated and it is controlled if the findings which were obtained are in compliance with the pregnancy week. If it is required, detailed examination and monitoring are performed by experienced physicians with advanced ultrasonographic techniques.

Considerations for expectant mothers before ultrasound scan
An empty stomach is not required for pregnancy ultrasound. You should bring along your previous ultrasound and test results, pregnancy monitoring form and file with you.

Delivery

Our delivery service department, which provides continuous service with the physicians and nurses in charge at our department, is located in Ward 81. In cases of emergency situations such as water breaking, beginning of pain or contractions, decrease in fetal (baby) movements or any type of bleeding in pregnancies, expectant mother should immediately be taken to delivery service. The circumstances in which our pregnant patients should be taken to our service are described by special nurses, who received training on the subject, and by physicians during outpatient clinic visits. Upon request, pain relief (spinal or epidural anesthesia) is applied for pain-free labor. Furthermore, cesarean operation without administering general anesthesia to the patient can be performed by using such methods of anesthesia.

Considerations before arriving for delivery
As immediate interventions can possibly be required in cases of emergency situations which are listed above and necessitate your application to the maternity service, expectant mothers should not drink water or eat. After you apply to the maternity service, your physician who performs examination and required tests will inform you in this respect. It is important that patients bring the tests performed during pregnancy and examinations performed outside our department along with them.

Our Units
3 units give service in our department. Studies which require tests and treatment on a more advanced level regarding high-risk pregnancies, infertility and women’s cancers are conducted in these units within the scope of special study fields of our academic staff.