The most important operations in the field of radiotherapy and radiosurgery:
- Nuclear Proliferation Test (PET CT)
- Radioactive iodine therapy for thyroid cancer
- Gamma Knife (Gamma Knife),
- Radiotherapy with nuclear radiation
Certainly, radiosurgery using a gamma knife (Gamma Knife) will not replace open surgery,
It is not intended to replace open surgery. These surgical methods complement each other, not conflict. Some tumors are more suitable for gamma Knife surgery, and some are more suitable for traditional open surgery. In some cases, both must be applied. For example, a staged treatment of large tumors can be applied first, the tumor size is reduced by open surgery, and then the remaining tumor that cannot be removed or reached due to the location of the tumor is treated with Gamma knife surgery.
Among the most important features of treatment with Gamma knife:
- The treatment is applied in one session.
- It is used in most cases where standard surgery is not a safe option.
- The patient can return to his daily life immediately.
- Treating the target with high accuracy and without pain and with much less risk than traditional surgery.
- It can be repeated if necessary.
The most important cases that are treated with the Gamma knife:
- Brain tumors in general.
- Pituitary tumors.
- Meningeal membrane tumors.
- Trigeminal neuralgia.
- Inflammation of the third nerve
- Inflammation of the fifth nerve (the three heads).
- Pineal gland tumors.
- Cases of Schwanoma.
- Arterial venous malformations.
