Gamma knife is not a universal knife, understand its characteristics, advantages and disadvantages, in order to choose! Gamma knife as a new means of treatment, compared with surgery, is a different situation, the embodiment of specific efficacy is also completely different. Not all doctors are very well understood. For the specific efficacy of the Gamma Knife, the following is the director of the head Gamma Knife Center of the Second Artillery General Hospital, Hu Zeyong, with practical examples to introduce you one by one. Director Hu Zeyong has been engaged in gamma knife treatment for 15 years, personally treating more than 10,000 patients, and is confident in the bright future of the gamma knife. Director Hu outlined as the eight characteristics of the gamma knife: Feature one: fast healing effect! Head gamma knife, can eliminate malignant tumors in the brain in a very short period of time without surgery and bloodshed, and extremely malignant tumors. These extremely malignant tumors in the brain, such as intracerebral lymphoma, germ cell tumor, medulloblastoma, brain metastases, etc., regardless of their size and location, gamma knife can make them smaller and disappear within 1-2 weeks, so that the neurological function is restored to normal. And it is unharmed, because the hair does not have to be shaved.
Intracerebral metastases, 1 month after gamma knife treatment, the tumor disappears, edema disappears, headache hemiparesis disappears.
Feature two: slow healing! Head gamma knife, not only can treat malignant tumors in the brain, but also can cure benign tumors in the brain, what do you mean by cure? It means that the efficacy is long-lasting and not easy to recur after treatment. These benign tumors in the brain include: meningioma, auditory neuroma, neurofibroma, pituitary adenoma, etc. After one treatment with the gamma knife, they will stop growing and will gradually shrink, and this gradual shrinking effect will last for years. The scalpel can immediately cut off the tumor, but the residual tumor will start to grow the day after the surgery, and the tumor will return to its pre-surgery size in as little as one year or as long as 2-3 years. Gamma knife is the opposite, the tumor stops growing and starts shrinking after treatment, and the tumor is still shrinking 2-3 years after the treatment.
After gamma knife treatment of auditory neuroma, 1 year, 3 years review, the tumor gradually necrosis shrinkage Feature 3: functional regulation! Head Gamma Knife, without moving the brain nerves, can treat functional neurological diseases in the brain. The most common ones are trigeminal neuralgia and epilepsy, which are very painful for patients and their families. There are long-term medications and surgical treatments. Surgical treatment is to destroy the nerve tissue involved, while Gamma Knife treatment of these diseases does not require destruction of nerves. For example, trigeminal neuralgia, gamma knife treatment efficiency can reach more than 90%, gamma knife irradiation trigeminal nerve root, can change the pain threshold of the nerve, so that the trigeminal nerve is not sensitive to abnormal pain, but does not affect its normal function.
The reason why Gamma Knife can irradiate nerve roots in large doses without damaging the surrounding brain tissue is because of the principle of spatial focus of Gamma Knife.
Feature 4: Multi-treatment! Head gamma knife, not only can kill two birds with one stone, but also can kill many birds with one stone. It is no longer uncommon for Gamma Knife to treat dozens of tumors at a time, which is not only accurate and effective, but also does not injure the surrounding brain tissues. This is something surgery can’t do, and other means of radiation therapy can’t do!
Multiple metastases in the brain (45), 2 months after Gamma Knife treatment, all tumors disappeared, no edema reaction.
Feature 5: deep tumor! Head gamma knife, can penetrate deep into the important neurological parts of the scalpel can not reach, to destroy the tumor, this “impossible mission – Impossible mission” gamma knife can complete. In some cases, the scalpel surgeon can only “sigh” because the tumor site is too important, too dangerous!
Multiple metastases, brainstem metastases, critical condition, difficult to operate, Gamma knife treatment quickly stabilized and improved, and the tumor shrunk significantly after a one-month review.
Feature 6: leave no trace! Head gamma knife, come without shadow, go without trace, can destroy the tumor in invisible! Surgery to remove the tumor, more or less, will damage the surrounding brain tissue, the lighter the scar, the heavier the large “pit”. After Gamma Knife treatment, when the tumor disappears, the shape of brain tissue will return to normal.
Pineal tumor, 1 month after gamma knife treatment, the tumor disappeared, hydrocephalus disappeared, the brain structure back to normal Feature 7: emergency treatment! Gamma knife in the head, sometimes also in the death line to save people from danger. Some malignant tumors in the brain, such as brain metastases, brain lymphoma, germ cell tumors, etc., rapid development, the patient has not had time to treat, is already on the verge of death, open surgery will not help, radiotherapy chemotherapy whip is too long, you can choose gamma knife. Gamma knife takes effect quickly, recovery is fast, in order to save lives, it is worth the risk. Miracles often happen!
Multiple brain metastases, multiple hospital visits, symptomatic treatment, progressive worsening of the disease. When he came to the clinic, he was in a life-threatening, shallow coma, and was treated with dehydration while undergoing Gamma Knife dose splitting treatment. One month after the review of the nuclear magnetic film, the tumor all disappeared Feature 8: prolong life! Head gamma knife can prolong life, that is an exaggeration. But in some cases, such as benign tumors, insidious disease, slow development, the patient came to the hospital, the tumor is already very large, coupled with the tumor location deep in, the surgeon love can not help, can not do anything, gamma knife can control the tumor growth rate, in the case of maintaining the existing quality of life, prolong life. In practice, this is also the case, the patient and family are very satisfied with this.
Huge meningioma at the base of the skull, difficult to operate, Gamma knife dose splitting treatment, the tumor stopped growing, six months later the patient himself felt hoarse speech, head and neck weakness, swallowing difficulties, limbs soreness and other symptoms, significantly improved. As long as the tumor does not develop, it will not be life-threatening. Head gamma knife, is a magic knife, but not a universal knife, understand its characteristics, advantages and disadvantages, in order to make a good choice! Open surgery, or head gamma knife? The most critical indications to grasp. Gamma knife is only a tool, not a universal knife, can play its role is the fundamental academic level of the physician!