Gamma Knife
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center has obtained a Leksell Gamma Knife to treat a variety of brain lesions without an incision including:
- brain metastases from other tumors such as those arising in the breast, lung, or colon.
- brain arteriovenous malformations (AVMs)
- trigeminal neuralgia
- primary brain tumors (glioma, astrocytoma, oliogodenroglioma)
- benign brain tumors (meningioma, acoustic neuroma)
- pituitary tumors (more than 5mm from the optic nerves)
- tremor (whether caused by Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, or other disorders)
Since the Gamma Knife is ideal for small to medium size lesions because of its incredible accuracy, the Medical Center also continues to make available its linear-accelerator based radiosurgery system (LINAC-Scalpel) for larger lesions, those located outside of the range of the Gamma Knife, or those that will benefit from fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy. This makes Wake Forest one of the few Centers in the world to offer both a gamma knife and the LINAC-Scalpel technologies. This combination offers the potential to ideally treat lesions of any size and location in the head.
Wake Forest University's Gamma Knife team is part of its Comprehensive Brain Tumor Program offering a multidisciplinary approach to treating people in a way that emphasizes aggressive lesion eradication and quality-of-life. For brain arteriovenous malformations (AVM) this goal is achieved by close collaboration with experts in the departments of Neurosurgery and Interventional Neuroradiology and uses the resources of the Wake Forest AVM Center.
Gamma Knife
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