Gamma Knife
Advantages

The Gamma Knife has several important advantages over conventional surgery, including:

Increased Safety

The Gamma Knife is non-invasive and bloodless. No incision is made, so complications such as infection or postoperative hemorrhage are minimal. Its superior accuracy provides increased protection to surrounding healthy brain tissue.

Effective

Over the course of more than three decades and 350,000 procedures, documented results have shown that the Gamma Knife offers excellent success rates, even in patients who are not suitable for standard neurosurgical procedures.

Short recovery time

Treatment is generally given in a single, brief session. In rare cases, patients may stay overnight for observation. Virtually all patients are discharged the same day they have treatment.

Cost-effective

Most patients can return to their daily activities in one - two days. Since long hospital stays, anesthesia and physical therapy or other rehabilitation are usually not needed, the Gamma Knife can be a more cost-effective treatment option than traditional surgery. It is typically covered by most major insurance plans.

A multidisciplinary approach

Led by Medical Director Arnold Zeal, MD - a board-certified neurosurgeon with more than 30 years in his field - a team of neurosurgeons, radiation oncologists, a physicist, technicians and nurses collaborate on every aspect of the patient's personalized Gamma Knife treatment, from planning through follow-up.

For additional information about Gamma Knife, visit www.braintumortreatment.org.