Gamma Knife Center at Doctors Hospital
03/06/2008 - By www.baptisthealth.net
Dr Aizik Wolf and his team work with a patient
The Gamma Knife Center at Doctors Hospital is uniquely qualified to treat brain tumors and other neurological conditions.
The Gamma Knife Center at Doctors Hospital is uniquely qualified to treat brain tumors and other neurological conditions. The Gamma Knife is not actually a knife. It is a device that uses gamma rays to destroy brain tumors (both cancerous and non-cancerous) and treats conditions including malformed blood vessels, pain and movement disorders such as Parkinson’s disease. This is done without an incision or physical entry into the brain. Because there is no cutting involved, there is no hospital stay and the entire procedure is done in one day.
Since 1993, the team at Doctors Hospital, located in the heart of historic Coral Gables, has performed more than 5,000 “surgeries” without using a scalpel, making them the most experienced Gamma Knife team in Florida and among the world’s leaders.
Led by neurosurgeon Aizik Wolf, M.D., they use radiosurgery – sophisticated computer software that guides subatomic particles called gamma rays. From 201 different angles, laser-thin gamma rays can target tumors as small as a pea. Individually, the rays cannot damage healthy brain tissue, but when they converge on the specified treatment area they deliver intense radiation to the exact spot it’s needed. There’s no need to expose the brain to radiation or to cut into the skull. In fact, there’s not a single blade in the gamma Knife. Because there’s no cutting involved, there is no hospital stay and the entire procedure is done in one day. There are few, if any, side effects.
For more information about the Gamma Knife Program at Doctors Hospital, call 786-308-3700 or fill out the online Gamma Knife Center contact form.
