Gammaknife

Used for decades to treat brain tumors without scalpels or blood, Gamma Knife Radiosurgery remains the choice of neurosurgeons worldwide. With this precise and effective instrument, doctors are able to focus radiation directly and precisely on the tumor without affecting surrounding healthy tissue.

Despite the name, there is no blade or knife - it's called Gamma Knife because its use has such a dramatic and precise effect that the changes are considered "surgical."

This treatment offers:

• Minimized radiation to surrounding healthy brain tissue
• A full dose of radiation delivered during a single session
• An alternative to open surgery
• Lower complication rates than open surgery
• Low risk of surgical complications
• Much shorter treatment time than conventional surgery
• Only minor discomfort experienced by the patient
• Highly cost effective surgery-generally fully reimbursed by insurance-normally half the cost of open surgery

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