Advantages

Gamma Knife treatment offers these advantages:

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  A single, non-invasive treatment.
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  Typically an outpatient procedure with fewer complications than traditional surgery.
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  Only stereotactic radiosurgery device that is FDA approved to treat brain metastases.
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  Can treat single and multiple brain metastases from a variety of primary cancers such as breast, lung, colon, kidney, bladder, prostate and melanoma.
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  Patients return to pretreatment activities within days, requiring little or no rehabilitative services.
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  Reimbursed by most insurance payors, including Medicare.
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  Over 2,000 peer-review clinical articles support its use for:
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    Malignant and benign brain tumors
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    Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs)
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    Trigeminal neuralgia

Additional advantages to the Gamma Knife Perfexion system:

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  Has new radiation shielding levels that are up to a 100 times better than alternative technologies on the market.
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  Provides unlimited reach to areas of the brain, and with future fixation devices, reach into the cervical spine area.
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  Being fully-automated makes the treatment process is more user-friendly and efficient for both the treating physicians and patients.
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  Added features to increase patient comfort while still providing one of the most accurate stereotactic radiosurgical procedures for the brain.