Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Precision Radiation:

Cyberknife is a therapy that involves no incision, operating room, or hospital stay. It is a form of stereotactic radiosurgery which is a very precise radiation allowing the Neurosurgeon to extend his or her treatment of patients with primary and metastatic tumors brain and spine, or to non-tumor conditions such as arteriovenous malformation, or trigeminal neuralgia. With Cyberknife, the Neurosurgeon can treat complex tumors growing into areas of brain or spine that traditionally would involve great risk of neurological deficit after a very prolonged surgery and post-operative recuperation. Cyberknife cannot treat every tumor or neurological condition. However, using the Cyberknife, we have treated patients with intracranial meningiomas, pituitary adenomas, acoustic neuromas, arteriovenous malformations, trigeminal neuralgia, and metastatic tumors of the brain and spine.