Gamma Knife Advantages
Gamma Knife Information
• A single, one day non-invasive treatment
• Typically an outpatient procedure with fewer complications than traditional surgery
• Only stereotactic radiosurgery device that has specific FDA approval to treat brain metastases
• Can treat single and multiple brain metastases from a variety of primary cancers such as breast, lung, colon, kidney, bladder, prostate and melanoma
• Patients return to pretreatment activities within days, requiring little or no rehabilitative services
• Reimbursed by most insurance payors, including Medicare
• Over 2,500 peer-review clinical articles support its use for:
o Malignant and benign brain tumors
o Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs)
o Trigeminal neuralgia
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- Treatment and Follow-Up
• A single, one day non-invasive treatment
• Typically an outpatient procedure with fewer complications than traditional surgery
• Only stereotactic radiosurgery device that has specific FDA approval to treat brain metastases
• Can treat single and multiple brain metastases from a variety of primary cancers such as breast, lung, colon, kidney, bladder, prostate and melanoma
• Patients return to pretreatment activities within days, requiring little or no rehabilitative services
• Reimbursed by most insurance payors, including Medicare
• Over 2,500 peer-review clinical articles support its use for:
o Malignant and benign brain tumors
o Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs)
o Trigeminal neuralgia