Haukeland University Hospital in Bergen, Norway has installed a Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion solution for non-invasive treatment of brain disorders.
The new generation Leksell Gamma Knife is fully automated and has the ability to treat patients with multiple brain metastases in much shorter times compared to other technologies. Gamma Knife surgery is used to manage numerous neurosurgical conditions, including brain tumors such as metastatic cancer, as well as vascular malformations and certain functional disorders. The method provides pinpoint accuracy, is highly efficient and produces outstanding results. Patients benefit from fast, painless treatment, often conducted in an outpatient surgical setting without the need for general anaesthesia or even convalescence. To date, over 500,000 patients world wide have undergone Gamma Knife surgery. 'Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion technology represents a major advance in brain radiosurgery,' said Olof Sanden, executive vice president, Elekta Europe, Africa and Latin America. “It also offers enormous opportunities to treat lesions all over the brain in a single treatment, while also ensuring excellent patient comfort”. “We are pleased to see the considerable interest in the new system, among both old and new users. Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion was introduced two years ago and today we have already installed around 30 systems around the world”. |
