Gamma Knife uses very precise beams of gamma rays to treat an area of disease (lesion) or growth (tumor). It’s most often used in the brain. The beams of gamma radiation send a very intense dose of radiation to a small area without a need to make an incision.
Gamma Knife radiosurgery is a minimally invasive procedure , done in a single session and free of pain and surgical incisions. The procedure is almost always done on an outpatient basis and the patient is usually discharged the day after the treatment. In very rare cases, the malformation may be treated in two or three sessions in a row, being
What is involved in Gamma Knife® treatment? Gamma Knife® Radiosurgery is a multidisciplinary procedure performed by a neurosurgeon, a radiation oncologist and a radiation physicist. On the morning of the procedure, the neurosurgeon and his assistant attach a titanium head frame, after which an MRI of the brain is obtained.
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