Leksell Gamma Knife® Perfexion™
The Leksell Gamma Knife® Perfexion™ is recognized worldwide as the ultimate tool for noninvasive stereotactic radiosurgery, effectively treating many serious neurological conditions with the utmost patient safety and comfort. Since the first Gamma Knife was introduced forty years ago, hundreds of thousands of patients have experienced improved quality of life with the help of this powerful treatment approach.
Based on a breakthrough in technology, the latest generation Gamma Knife® PERFEXION™ has taken minimally invasive neurosurgery to a completely new level of sophistication and effectiveness while maintaining full clinical compatibility with previously successful procedures and protocols. PERFEXION's extended treatable reach offers access to unlimited cranial volume and expands anatomical reach to more areas of the head and neck. In addition, by optimizing the system's robotic component, treatment times have been shortened dramatically.
Today, the exceptional benefits and wider application range of advanced Gamma Knife radiosurgery are improving the quality of life for many more patients with serious neurological conditions.
With PERFEXION's revolutionary new radiosurgical platform, skilled physicians at
Meanwhile, radiation exposure to other parts of the body is extremely low, making Gamma Knife an excellent treatment tool, even for children and women of child-bearing age.
PERFEXION's unmatched combination of power and precision has resulted in positive clinical outcomes with few complications. The nearly painless treatment is usually done on an outpatient basis and requires no general anesthesia. Most patients are able to return home in just a few hours and resume normal activities within a day of treatment.
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