Brain Surgery Without an Incision: Because We Know How to Treat People

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Imagine having brain surgery on Monday and returning to your normal activities on Wednesday. This modern medical miracle happens every day at The Northwest Regional Gamma Knife Network at Saint Vincent.

A specially trained team of neurosurgeons, radiation oncologists, nurses and medical physicists use Leksell Gamma Knife® technology to focus the radioactive energy of 201 cobalt-60 sources on your brain tumor. The Gamma Knife focuses on destroying your brain tumor, and nothing else. Your skull, surrounding brain tissue and even your hair style remain intact. A Gamma Knife procedure is brain surgery without an incision, which means the only cut is in your recovery time. Recovery from conventional brain surgery can take weeks. With Gamma Knife technology, most patients are back to leading their lives in 24 to 48 hours and experience few to no side effects.

At Saint Vincent, we know you want to return to your life and your family as soon as possible. We also know you probably don’t want to wear a hat for several months after surgery. That’s why Saint Vincent is one of only 93 facilities in the entire world to offer Leksell Gamma Knife® technology.

Member hospitals of the Northwest Regional Gamma Knife Network include:
Corry Memorial Hospital
DuBois Regional Medical Center
Elk Regional Medical Center
Meadville Medical Center
Millcreek Community Hospital
Saint Vincent Health Center
Warren General Hospital
Westfield Memorial Hospital

For more information about the Northwest Gamma Knife Network at Saint Vincent in Erie and Gamma Knife specialist Daniel Muccio, M.D., call 814/452-7800.

Saint Vincent Health System and brain surgery without an incision. Because we know how to treat people.