Gamma Knife Center
The Augusta University Gamma Knife Center uses the most advanced technology available for performing radiosurgery - the Gamma Knife® Perfexion™ with Extend™ technology - we are one of only 10 sites in the United States that uses this state-of-the-art
equipment.
Gamma Knife Center
The Augusta University Gamma Knife Center uses the most advanced technology available for performing radiosurgery - the Gamma Knife® Perfexion™ with Extend™ technology - we are one of only 10 sites in the United States that uses this state-of-the-art
equipment.
About
Gamma knife radiosurgery is a targeted form of radiation therapy that earned its name
because of its scalpel-like precision. Gamma knife surgery is an effective noninvasive
treatment that can be used on both adults and children. The gamma knife can be utilized
alone or in conjunction with traditional therapies and offers new hope to patients
with brain disorders and conditions that are too difficult, or too dangerous, to treat
with standard brain surgery.
Why Choose Us
Skilled neurosurgeons at Augusta University Health are able to apply this advanced
technology to destroy brain tumors or malformed blood vessels without opening the
skull. Treatment is simple, painless, and fast, and can usually be performed without
anesthesia. Often, the patient's family can accompany them during the majority of
the procedure and patients can usually return to their preoperative lifestyle the
same day.
Augusta University Gamma Knife Center is one of 72 gamma knife health care centers in the country.
Gamma knife surgery provides several advantages over traditional ways of treating
difficult brain tumors and other disorders:
- It's a safer, minimally invasive procedure, with no incision or opening of the skull
- There is very little discomfort
- No general anesthesia needed, except for children
- Typically done on an outpatient basis
- No risk of infection, hemorrhage, spinal fluid leakage or adverse reactions to general
anesthesia
- Greater accuracy and reliability
- Less expensive than conventional neurosurgery
- Eliminates lengthy post-surgical hospital stays and disabilities, and minimizes rehabilitation
costs
Diseases We Treat
Gamma Knife is used to treat a variety of conditions including:
- Primary brain tumors
- Metastatic brain tumors
- Blood vessel abnormalities such as ArterioVenous Malformations (AVMs)
- Certain chronic pain syndromes
- Parkinson's disease & essential tremors
- Epilepsy (related to certain tumors or vascular malformations)
- Meningiomas
- Acoustic neuromas
- Trigeminal neuralgia
- Pituitary tumors
- Tumors of the skull base, throat, and upper neck
