Gamma Knife
Thailand and its capital city of Bangkok have been magnets for tourists for many decades, but in the last 10 years, visitors with serious medical conditions have been able to combine a trip to this exotic land with life-sustaining treatment. Individuals with benign and malignant brain tumors, as well as a variety of functional and vascular disorders have traveled to Thailand for Gamma Knife® surgery on the country’s only Leksell Gamma Knife. Bangkok’s Wattanosoth Cancer Hospital acquired this advanced stereotactic radiosurgery system in 1996, and in just five years became the object of “medical tourism,” a swiftly growing practice of traveling across international borders to obtain health care.
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Because of its minimal invasiveness, safety and effectiveness, Gamma Knife® surgery is increasingly used instead of, or in combination with, whole brain radiation therapy (WBRT) to treat patients with multiple brain metastases. In a recent clinical study, UPMC researchers assessed clinical outcomes and identified prognostic factors for and intracranial disease control among patients with 10 or more brain metastases treated on Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion over a two-year period. Read the rest of this entry »
June 6-9, around 100 attendees gathered in Naples, FL for Elekta’s 14th Leksell Gamma Knife® Administrators Meeting of North America. An interactive forum, this year’s meeting focused on an array of topics, including tools for increasing web presence, how to build a stereotactic center of excellence, new healthcare reform policy and more. Read the rest of this entry »
Elekta’s Leksell Gamma Knife® Perfexion™ earned the number one ranking in the KLAS research firm’s recently released 2011 Top 20 Best in KLAS Awards: Medical Equipment & Infrastructure report. Perfexion received Best in KLAS in the radiation therapy category. Read the rest of this entry »
Many people suffering from an ailment called "essential tremor" have trouble doing things most of us take for granted, like writing legibly, or drinking without spilling. Now, they're finding relief through a treatment that's been used for years in neurosurgery and some types of brain tumors. It's called Gamma Knife and Dr. Ronald Young from Swedish Medical Center in Seattle has pioneered using it to successfully treat essential tremor. Read the rest of this entry »
On March 3 and 4, neurosurgeon Dr. Claudio Lühr and his team performed Chile’s first Gamma Knife® surgeries. The treatments occurred at Hospital Militar de Santiago’s new Gamma Knife Center Santiago S.p.A., a private venture dedicated to bringing Gamma Knife radiosurgery to Chile. Read the rest of this entry »
Led by internationally renowned Neurosurgeon Bengt Karlsson, the first Leksell Gamma Knife® training course in Southeast Asia commenced April 11-13 at the ParkwayHealth Day Surgery & Medical Center in Singapore. Exceeding expectations, the inaugural course was attended by 16 clinicians, including representatives from Bangkok, Saudi Arabia and India. Read the rest of this entry »
Groupe Hospitalier Pitié Salpétrière, a world-renowned teaching hospital, and among Europe’s largest medical centers has continued its long tradition of excellence in neurosciences and its expertise in radiation therapy with the acquisition of Leksell Gamma Knife® Perfexion™. On October 25, 2010, clinicians used Perfexion – Paris’s first and only dedicated radiosurgery system – to treat Salpétrière’s first patient, a 55-year-old woman with a brain metastasis. Read the rest of this entry »
Leksell GammaPlan 10 is the latest advance in Elekta’s software portfolio for Leksell Gamma Knife. This software platform enables optimal clinical performance in terms of speed, planning, ease, targeting accuracy, and re-treatment. Read the rest of this entry »
The volume of normal brain tissue exposed to radiation during treatment for multiple metastases appears to depend on which stereotactic radiosurgery system is employed, according to a recent study in the Journal of Neurosurgery. Comparing treatment plans developed for use by three different treatment systems for a single patient (already previously treated with Leksell Gamma Knife®), researchers found that Gamma Knife plans would result in “much smaller normal brain volumes receiving any particular dose” than the two other systems’ plans. Read the rest of this entry »
- Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion Advanced Program for Stereotactic Radiosurgery September 8, 2015Objective To further enhance the participant’s knowledge of Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion and its advanced applications in the field of stereotactic radiosurgery. Specific focus will be placed on Gamma Knife surgery with or without the Extend System for several different indications. Patient selection, radiosurgical techniques and complication avoidance as […]
- Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion - Upgrade Program December 10, 2013Objective To receive aspects of clinical and technical training for handling new features of Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion, when upgrading from previous models. Training on the dynamic workflow of Leksell GammaPlan includes instruction on using the pre-planning and follow-up features of the program as well as on developing treatment plans using composite sho […]
- Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion - Introductory Program December 8, 2013Objective To identify the basic principles and biophysics of Gamma Knife surgery and how they apply to day-to-day patient treatment. Review the clinical indications, parameters of treatment and outcomes of Gamma Knife surgery. Recognize radiation safety issues and principles, as well as become familiar with emergency procedures that pertain to Leksell Gamma […]
- Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion - Applications Introductory Program November 17, 2013Objective To make users confident in the operation, care and maintenance of Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion. The course focuses on radiation physics, dosimetry, stereotaxy for Gamma Knife surgery, quality assurance (QA), technical information and treatment planning using Leksell GammaPlan®. Content ■ Principles of stereotaxy and radiosurgery ■ Prin […]
- Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion / 4C - Introductory Program November 10, 2013Objective To obtain knowledge about the practical aspects of stereotactic radiosurgery using Leksell Gamma Knife. Principles of radiation physics and radiobiology, that apply to single-session, focused, small volume irradiation will be covered. Registrants should be able to create radiosurgery dose plans for various indications. Content ■ Principles a […]
- Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion Clinical Introductory Program October 6, 2013Objective To introduce clinicians to Gamma Knife® surgery with Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion and Extend™ System. The course focuses on clinical information, combined with hands-on sessions using Leksell GammaPlan®. Experts with years of experience from Gamma Knife surgery are selected to lecture on this course. Training center and duration 4-day course at Un […]
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