Fertility Treatments and Laboratory Services

Fertility Treatments and Laboratory Services

Clinical care at Draksoy IVF is coordinated through Dr. Senai Aksoy’s independent private practice at Lotus Nişantaşı. Treatment decisions are made by Dr. Aksoy; procedures and embryology services are arranged with appropriately licensed facilities according to the patient’s plan. Lotus Nişantaşı is the building where the consultation practice is located, not a hospital or an IVF laboratory.


Treatments

Not every patient needs every technique. Each card below says what the treatment is for and links to the page that explains it in detail.

IVF and ICSI

Eggs are fertilised in the laboratory, either by placing prepared sperm around them (IVF) or by injecting one sperm into each egg (ICSI). ICSI is used for specific reasons, such as low sperm counts or poor fertilisation in an earlier cycle.

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Genetic testing of embryos (PGT)

A few cells are taken from the embryo and tested before a possible transfer. PGT-M and PGT-SR look for a known genetic condition; PGT-A counts chromosomes. A result can support a decision but cannot guarantee a pregnancy or a healthy child.

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Azoospermia: TESE and micro-TESE

When no sperm are found in the semen, the cause is investigated first, then sperm may be retrieved surgically from the testis and used with ICSI. Dr. Aksoy was a member of the team that performed the first TESE in Turkey.

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Blastocyst culture and time-lapse

Embryos can be cultured to day 5 or 6, and some incubators record their development with a camera. Evidence that time-lapse imaging improves live-birth rates is limited, so it is offered as an option rather than as standard.

Embryo freezing and medically indicated egg freezing

Suitable embryos can be frozen for a later transfer. Eggs can be frozen in the medical situations Turkish regulation allows; egg freezing for non-medical reasons is not permitted in Türkiye.

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EmbryoGlue and assisted hatching

A special transfer medium or laser-assisted hatching may be discussed in selected cases. They are not used routinely in every cycle.

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Where Procedures Take Place

Egg retrieval, embryo culture and embryo transfer are carried out in appropriately licensed facilities with their own embryology laboratory. You are told which facility will be used before treatment starts, together with a written quote that lists what is included and what is charged separately.

An IVF embryology laboratory with a culture workstation, a time-lapse incubator and benchtop incubators

The goal is never to offer you the most expensive treatment, but the right treatment for you.

— Dr. Senai Aksoy

Next step

A question about your own case?

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Dr. Senai Aksoy

Dr. Senai Aksoy studied and trained in France before returning to Turkey, where he was a member of the ICSI team at Sevgi Hospital, Ankara — the country's first ICSI centre (1994-95) — and a co-author on the first Turkish ICSI publications produced in collaboration with the Brussels Van Steirteghem group (Human Reproduction, 1996; PMID 8671323). He helped build the IVF programme at the American Hospital Istanbul and has been running his own fertility practice since 1998.

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Before getting in touch

Please note that certain services, such as sperm donation, egg donation, surrogacy and gender selection (without medical necessity), are not permitted under Turkish law.

We would like to inform you that our clinic strictly adheres to these regulations and does not offer any of these services.

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