Gamma Knife Procedure

Baylor All Saints offers the advanced technology of the Gamma Knife for the treatment of many neurologic and other conditions. The Gamma Knife procedure uses up to 201 precise gamma ray beams to pinpoint and destroy unhealthy tissue, leaving healthy tissue untouched. Alone, these individual gamma rays are too weak to affect brain tissue, but when focused together on a single target, they successfully destroy the abnormality without harming adjacent brain tissue, nerves or blood vessels.

Treatment is virtually painless, does not require general anesthesia, can be conducted multiple times, carries little risk of infection and can often be used in conjunction with chemotherapy, other radiation treatment and even traditional surgery. The Gamma Knife procedure is usually performed on an outpatient basis and most patients can resume normal activities the following day with little or no side effects.

Gamma Knife is owned by and leased from an affiliate of HEALTHSOUTH and is a service of Baylor All Saints Medical Center. The Gamma Knife is not a joint venture of HEALTHSOUTH and Baylor All Saints Medical Center. The physicians providing Gamma Knife services are independent physicians.