WHAT’S THIS PROCEDURE?

GAMMA KNIFE

The Gamma Knife, with its software, enables doctors to locate and irradiate relatively small targets in the head (mostly inside the brain) with extremely high precision. Intense doses of radiation can be given to the targeted area(s), while largely sparing the surrounding tissues. The Gamma Knife can be used for a wide variety of problems, such as treating malignant tumours in the brain, benign brain tumours, blood vessel defects and functional problems (trigeminal neuralgia). Possible future uses are being evaluated for epilepsy and Parkinson’s disease.