Meningioma Gamma Knife Surgery is a kind of surgery done by radiation. Generally, different radiation dosages are selected through the specific morphology site of the meningioma, and different collimators are selected according to the size of the location, and then radiation irradiation treatment is carried out.
Gamma knife surgery for meningioma is the most common surgical method, which is to locate to the morphology of meningioma under CT, determine the point of each irradiation, gather at a certain point by radiation, continuously irradiate to the tumor cells at that point, and make the meningioma cells die by generating various effects, after that, timely hemostasis, rehydration, dehydration and lowering of cranial pressure etc. are used to improve the condition changes in the skull.
Note that if the meningioma is particularly large, it is recommended that craniotomy be performed before Gamma Knife surgery. And meningioma Gamma Knife surgery can make the tumor to achieve significant shrinkage, but not a complete cure.
Meningioma if the location is deeper can not be removed, or there are partial malignant meningioma, you can consider the treatment of Gamma Knife, but most of the meningiomas can be completely removed through surgical treatment, which method to use is recommended under the guidance of the doctor.