Cost of Gamma Knife for Brain Tumor in India

This is a type of radiation therapy used to treat tumors, vascular malformations and many other abnormalities in the brain. It is not a surgery in a sense because there is no incision. Rather, a special kind of equipment is used to focus about 200 tiny beams of radiation on a tumor or other target with submillimeter accuracy. Gamma Knife radiosurgery may have a lower risk of side effects compared with other types of radiation therapy and it can be done in one day in contrast to with up to 30 treatments with conventional radiation therapy.

• Brain tumor
• Arteriovenous malformation
• Trigeminal neuralgia
• Acoustic neuroma
• Pituitary tumors

• Blood tests
• Cerebral angiogram
• MRI scan
• Ct scan

During the procedure, patient is lied down on a bed which is also a part of Gamma Knife machine to attach the head frame to a helmet in the machine. Here an intravenous tube is provided to deliver fluids to bloodstream to keep the patient hydrated during the process. A needle at the end of the intravenous is placed, generally in the arm.

• Fatigue
• Swelling in the brain or near the treatment site
• Scalp and hair problems

• Numbness
• Seizures
• Imbalancing
• Vision loss