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What is Gamma Knife Surgery?

Gamma Knife® surgery is a treatment for brain tumors, arteriovenous malformations and brain dysfunctions such as trigeminal neuralgia.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Trigeminal neuralgia (trigeminal nerve pain) 4 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 1 0
Cerebral Cavernous Malformation 1 0
Cerebral Arteriovascular Malformation 1 0

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 1

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Gamma Knife Surgery

Pain 1
Hospitalization 1

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Having Gamma Knife Surgery (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Not indicated 5   Not indicated: 83%
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 17%

See all 6 patients who’ve stopped having Gamma Knife Surgery

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Stopped Having Gamma Knife Surgery

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Gamma Knife Surgery

Always
 1 50%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 1 50%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Gamma Knife Surgery

Very
 1 50%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 1 50%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Gamma Knife Surgery

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 1 100%

Report created on May 25, 2012.