Why Gamma Knife surgery?
Gamma Knife radiosurgery has been used for decades to treat brain tumors and brain disorders without scalpels or blood. Thanks to constant advancements in technology, it remains the choice of neurosurgeons worldwide. In fact, approximately half a million people have been treated with Gamma Knife surgery. Surgery without a knife Gamma Knife is a very precise and effective instrument that uses radiation to treat the brain and is often called radiosurgery. Using this method, doctors are able to focus radiation directly, and very precisely, on the target in the brain without affecting surrounding healthy tissue. Studies show strong treatment success rates; for example, local control (successful treatment of a specific site) of tumors in any brain location exceeds an average of 85%. And, despite the name, there is no blade or knife its called Gamma Knife because radiosurgery (one-session treatment) has such a dramatic and precise effect in the target zone that the changes are considered sur
