Gamma Knife is usually safer, but there are also a few sequelae, the more serious of which include radiation cerebral edema and radiation cerebral necrosis, etc. The details are analyzed as follows.
1. Radioactive cerebral edema: Generally, this sequela occurs within a few hours or days after the operation, mainly manifested as cerebral edema around the target or the scope of cerebral edema has become larger, this symptom can be gradually subsided through the treatment, and it will not affect the patient’s normal life and work after the subsidence.
2. Radioactive cerebral necrosis: mostly seen after high-dose Gamma Knife treatment, often involving one side of the cerebral hemisphere, in severe cases, hemiparesis, coma or even endanger the patient’s life, and it is feasible to remove the lesion by craniotomy.
At present, the probability of sequelae of Gamma Knife radiotherapy surgery is small, with no anesthesia, easy treatment and other advantages, is a kind of therapeutic efficacy, low side-effects of the treatment, patients can choose Gamma Knife treatment under the guidance of the doctor.