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Gamma Knife New Horizons in Non-invasive Brain Surgery In every area of medicine, physicians and scientists at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center are committed to finding better, less invasive ways to diagnose and treat disease. Patients with inoperable or inaccessible brain lesions can now benefit from the availability of a non-invasive procedure that gives the same results as surgery but with no need to open the skull or make an incision. Based on nearly 40 years of clinical experience, Gamma Knife SRS has become the treatment of choice for selected benign and malignant brain tumors and vascular malformations involving the brain, as an alternative to conventional open surgery. Precise and powerful, our 22-ton Gamma Knife is the first unit of its kind in North Carolina and has attracted patients from all over the United States.  We are the South’s premiere facility offering patients this non-invasive, state-of-the-art procedure. Our team of specialists is among the most experienced in the country. We have become one of the nation’s busiest Gamma Knife centers, having treated nearly 2,000 patients since opening in 1999. Click here to view a Webcast of  a Gamma Knife procedure     Tumor Treatment Will Give NBA Hopeful A Shot at Success Gamma Knife versus Cyberknife – important differences in capabilities Gamma Knife Center Overview view video Meet Our Gamma Knife Team view videos PATIENT PERSPECTIVES v      Relieving the Pain of Trigeminal Neuralgia v      “Knifeless” Brain Surgery: Delivering Outstanding Results v      Meeting the Challenge with Gamma Knife v      Gamma Knife: A Treatment Worth Traveling For   What Is Gamma Knife?  view video Really not a knife at all, Gamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is a method of delivering an ultra-precise, highly focused dose of radiation to destroy tumors, vascular malformations and other benign and malignant brain lesions.   Based on nearly 40 years of clinical experience, Gamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgery has become the treatment of choice for selected benign and malignant brain tumors and vascular malformations involving the brain, as an alternative to conventional open surgery. Gamma Knife SRS is not intended to replace conventional neurosurgery, but it is an effective additional weapon which may serve as a supplement to standard neurosurgical treatment or as the preferred course of treatment when traditional surgery is not appropriate.