Advantages of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery

Neurosurgeons and patients often prefer Gamma Knife radiosurgery because:

• It’s an outpatient procedure that takes less than a day.
• It doesn’t hurt.
• It doesn’t require incisions, so there’s no general anesthesia and no risk of bleeding or infection.
• It exposes patients to less radiation than other types of radiosurgery.
• It’s nearly 90 percent effective at killing or shrinking brain tumors or stopping their growth.
• It can treat even the most challenging, hard-to-reach brain tumors and abnormalities that traditional brain surgery can’t.
• Side effects, such as headaches and nausea, are rare and usually temporary.
• Patients can return to normal activities the next day.
• It's typically half the cost of traditional brain surgery.