Head Gamma Knife can treat intracerebral tumors, functional neurological diseases and cerebrovascular diseases.
1. Head Gamma Knife can treat intracerebral tumors including benign tumors such as meningioma, pituitary tumor, neurofibroma, etc., malignant tumors such as glioma, brain metastasis, melanoma, etc., and congenital tumors such as craniopharyngioma, germ cell tumors, teratomas, and chordomas.
2. Head Gamma Knife can also treat functional neurological disorders such as epilepsy and trigeminal neuralgia.
3. Head Gamma Knife is also effective in the treatment of cerebrovascular diseases, such as arteriovenous malformations and cavernous hemangiomas.
It is important to note that the Gamma Knife to the head can produce certain side effects such as hair loss, leukopenia, nausea and vomiting, radiation sickness, numbness of the limbs, decreased immunity, skin redness and swelling, etc., so the decision of whether to use the Gamma Knife to treat the disease should be made under the guidance of the physician.