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MEDICAL CENTER
WITH THE ABILITY
to deliver a noninvasive
but highly accurate therapeutic dose of radiation to
the brain with Gamma Knife®, Archbold Memorial
Hospital has transformed treatment for patients
across the region with brain disorders and cancer
metastases (cancer that has traveled to the brain
from elsewhere in the body) for the last 12 years.
Using this state-of-the-art radiosurgery equip-
ment, the Gamma Knife® team has successfully
treated over 900 patients since the hospital acquired
the equipment through the generosity of Archbold
Foundation donors in 2003.
This fall, Archbold’s Gamma Knife® team will
welcome technology that is expected to redefine
excellence in stereotactic radiosurgery in the South
Georgia/North Florida region—again.
GAMMA KNIFE® PERFEXION
TM
Precision
Conditions treatedwith
the GammaKnife®
•
AVM
—an abnormal connection between arteries and veins, bypassing
the capillary system. Although many AVMs are asymptomatic, they can
cause intense pain or bleeding or lead to other serious medical problems.
•
Trigeminal neuralgia
—a neuropathic disorder with symptoms of intense
pain in the face that originates from the trigeminal nerve.
•
Acoustic neuromas
—noncancerous and usually slow-growing tumors
that develop on the main nerve from the inner ear to the brain and directly
influence balance and hearing.
•
Pituitary tumors
—abnormal growths that develop in the pituitary gland
and can cause excessive production of hormones that regulate important
functions of the body.
•
Brainmetastasis
—a cancer that has metastasized (spread) to the brain
from another location in the body.
second
to none
Gamma Knife® continues to be the gold
standard treatment for noninvasive brain
surgery, and the next generation Gamma
Knife®, Perfexion
TM
, will be available to
patients in Thomasville later this fall at
Archbold Memorial Hospital’s Lewis Hall
Singletary Oncology Center.