CyberKnife® Radiosurgery is as advanced and high-tech as its name suggests. A nonsurgical, noninvasive approach to treating both malignant and benign tumors, CyberKnife® Radiosurgery offers a safer, simpler solution that only technology so advanced can achieve. At Georgia Brain & Spine Center, we’ve been offering this treatment option since 2007, and patients are almost always gratified to learn that we can first try a noninvasive approach to treating their condition. Here’s why so many patients choose CyberKnife® Radiosurgery as an alternative to traditional brain or spine surgery: 

It's effective.

Many of our patients have experienced the effectiveness of CyberKnife® Radiosurgery, but you don’t have to take our word for it. Clinical studies have shown 85%-92% of patients recovering or significantly improving after undergoing the procedure, and the CyberKnife® has been adopted by more and more neurosurgeons over the past couple of decades. It’s not only effective for treating tumors, but also other conditions such as trigeminal neuralgia.

It's comfortable.

Many technologies similar to CyberKnife® Radiosurgery require the use of immobilization devices, which can be uncomfortable, even anxiety-inducing, for some patients. The CyberKnife® System, however, automatically adjusts to the patient’s movement, eliminating the need for these uncomfortable immobilization devices. Treatment sessions usually take 30 to 90 minutes, have minimal side effects, and are essentially painless.

It's not surgery.

While we neurosurgeons adhere to the highest safety standards and are proud of our high success rates, any surgery always carries some risks. That’s one of the main reasons we always explore nonsurgical treatment methods before recommending surgery. Despite its name, CyberKnife® Radiosurgery isn’t really surgery in the traditional sense. There are no incisions, and there’s virtually no recovery period. CyberKnife® Radiosurgery is generally an outpatient procedure that requires no anesthesia or extended time in a medical facility. 

It’s precise.

The CyberKnife® System delivers radiation to the treatment area with precision finer than a millimeter. This means that radiation exposure of healthy tissue areas is minimized.

Ready to find out if CyberKnife® Radiosurgery is right for you? Come see the experts at Georgia Brain & Spine Center, Dr. Elias Dagnew and Dr. Michael Hartman. If you’d like a second opinion on an initial diagnosis or have any questions we might be able to answer, contact Georgia Brain & Spine at 1 (800) GO-SPINE to schedule a consultation today. Be sure to follow us on Facebook and Twitter for the latest updates, and come back to the website soon for a new blog.