Gamma Knife Surgery

 

Bupa Cromwell Hospital’s Gamma Knife was the first in London and is a major advance in brain surgery. It enables patients to undergo a non-invasive form of neurosurgery which usually allows them to return to their normal lifestyle the following day.

 

Gamma Knife Surgery is a procedure which can be used as an alternative to open surgery for the treatment of benign and malignant brain, head and neck tumours, vascular malformations and certain functional disorders including: trigeminal neuralgia; Parkinson's disease; psychoneurosis; and epilepsy. 

 

It uses highly precise radiation beams to destroy brain tumours and other abnormalities without the need to operate.  It is also used for the treatment of facial pain, focal epilepsy and Parkinson's disease.

 

For futher information please visit our Gamma Knife Centre website.