How does the Gamma Knife procedure compare to regular neurosurgery?
Gamma knife radiosurgery is an outpatient procedure that allows patients to go home in about half a day. Only a single treatment is usually needed. The Gamma Knife treatment itself takes about two hours on average. Patients can usually return to their normal routine within a day of the procedure. Almost all patients are treated on an ambulatory basis and very few require hospitalization. Much of the convalescence required for conventional surgery is avoided.
