Gamma Knife Radio Surgery And Its Complications

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We also call Gamma knife radio surgery i.e. stereotactic radio surgery. The procedure of gamma knife surgery does not involve real surgery (no physical body part is affected by radiosurgery). It does not require any knife work in gamma knife surgery it is only the name gamma knife is exist, gamma resembles the gamma rays required to treat the affected area in brain. Gamma knife radio surgery used for brain where normal surgery techniques can not be reached. Gamma knife radio surgery is not risky as like traditional surgery, in traditional surgery there may be chances of bleeding and physical damages. But apart from all gamma knife radio surgery also have some complications.

According to experts major complications faced during the brain tumor surgery are locating the affected parts and finding the exact size of tumor.

Below I have mentioned the complications faced by experts while treating the brain tumors:

Loss of hair:

Yes, it is possible to loss hair in gamma knife Radiosurgery because lesion is treated very close to the inside of skull. So, radiation ...
... will be delivered to the scalp such that a patch of hair may be lost. The most of patients have no risk of losing hair because of the gamma knife radio surgery. As typically happens in case of whole brain radio therapy. Only a very small numbers of brain tumor patients face this problem after gamma knife radio surgery. Usually hair grow back, but it may be a little lighter in color also not necessary it may be normal as like you have previously.

Headache:

The current neurosurgical literature has very poor documentation of postsurgical headaches. A review of the literature was made to try to identify a stereotypic “post gamma knife headache,” as well as hypothesize about its mechanism of induction. Headache is the most common complication after gamma knife radio surgery. A novo headache condition has been produced after surgery. It may be happen after some day or months as well after some years.

Skin reddening:

Skin reddening refers to red skin due to gamma knife radio surgery. Reddening skin is an issue which faced many people after treatment by gamma knife radio surgery. In a case study say skin reddening cause to increasing frustration among people. It is particularly head and hand areas where reddening skin attracts attention.

Cognitive problems:

Some patients experience cognitive symptoms such as memory loss and difficulty concentrating after radiotherapy. Typically this occurs when large areas of the brain must be treated with radiation. The simple explanation for this decline is that radiotherapy has the potential to injure good brain cells as well as Brain tumor cells. Clinical trials are being conducted to investigate why this happens and what can be done to prevent or treat it. Some patients may benefit from seeing a neuropsychologist, who can evaluate cognitive status and give professional recommendations about what areas need improvement.

Some delayed complications may include:

Hearing loss and visual loss are the two rare complication of gamma knife radio surgery. But it is dependent on diagnosis and areas treated. Generally, both find in very few rare cases.

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