Gamma Knife South Africa

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Welcome to the Gamma Knife South Africa treatment unit

At Gamma Knife South Africa, our leading multi-disciplinary team work together to ensure you receive quality care.

Since 2017, we have treated over 1,000 patients. Across the world, some one million patients have benefited from Gamma Knife radiosurgery.

Gamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgery: Five fast facts

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Accurately targets the part of your brain causing your condition and spares surrounding healthy brain tissue.

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No cutting or incisions.

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General anaesthetic seldom required for adult patients.

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Overnight hospital stay seldom required.

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Patients return to normal activities within a day or so after treatment.

We are committed to your safety at Gamma Knife South Africa.

Our unit is wheelchair-friendly and we accommodate blind and deaf patients.

Your condition

Gamma Knife radiosurgery is used for the management of:

The Gamma Knife is also used to treat:
Tremors due to conditions including essential tremor or Parkinson’s disease and
Some cases of epilepsy.

Other tumour types which may be suitable for Gamma Knife treatment include conditions such as:

Astrocytomas
Craniopharingiomas
Chordomas
Haemangioblastomas and
Pinealocytomas.

Gamma Knife radiosurgery offers patients numerous benefits.

What makes Gamma Knife different?

1. Clinically proven
The Gamma Knife is universally preferred treatment for radiosurgical treatment of brain conditions. No other radiosurgery system has greater clinical acceptance when it comes to conditions of the brain, and we have the strongest scientific (clinical studies) backing. Gamma Knife radiosurgery is performed in leading hospitals around the world, with more than one million patients treated every year. *Source: Leksell Gamma Knife Society
2. Innovation
From its introduction as the first dedicated radiosurgery system, through the countless refinements in planning and efficiency to achieve the sophisticated, modern machine used today, Gamma Knife has set a standard of care that other radiosurgery systems seek to emulate.
3. Dedicated to brain work

Gamma Knife is not a one-size-fits-all technology. It is solely focused on the brain. It is the only non-invasive radiosurgery system specifically engineered to treat delicate brain tissue.

4. Accuracy

Multiple beams deliver the exact prescribed dose to the target areas while sparing surrounding healthy tissue.

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