Stereotactic Radio Surgery at Apollo Hospitals
Introduction
Stereotactic radiosurgery is a very precise form of therapeutic radiation that can be used to treat abnormalities in the brain and spine, including cancer, epilepsy, trigeminal neuralgia and arteriovenous malformations.
Procedures
The specialized equipment focuses many small beams of radiation on a tumor or other target. Each beam has very little effect on the tissue it passes through, but a targeted dose of radiation is delivered to the site where all the beams intersect .
Indications
- Trigeminal neuralgia
- Arteriovenous malformation
- Acoustic schwanomas or Vestibulat schwanomas
- Paraganglioma/Glomus tumor
- Brain metastasis
Advantages
- Short treatment duration
- Outpatient treatment
- Ability to deliver a high dose of radiotherapy in a very short period of time
- Lower post treatment morbidity and mortality
