Bloodless Surgery (Gamma Knife Surgery) T6

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(October 03, 2012)
Bloodless Surgery (Gamma Knife Surgery)
Bloodless surgery also referred to as the gamma knife surgery is a method that brain surgery is performed within a short period of stay in the hospital. The major advantage is that it cuts short the pain and the recovery period is usually reduced and there are no incisions. This method is one used to treat certain brain tumors. Other methods that the gamma knife surgery would be used for include the vascular malformations and the trigeminal neuralgia (Wanatabe, 2011). The gamma knife is a tool that uses high dose of radiation therapy it does not require the opening of the skull for the operation performance. Some of the diseases that this method is effective to treat are AVM or the blood vessels abnormality; indeed, in the brain the method has been proven to dissipate a...