RADIOSURGERY WITH THE WORLD'S FIRST FULLY ROBOTIZED LEKSELL GAMMA KNIFE PERFEXION IN CLINICAL USE

Abstract

Our prospective study indicates that procedures with the PerfeXion were collision-free, even with very eccentric lesions (e.g., multiple metastases). The duration of the surgical procedure, the amount of time required for nurse, physicist, and physician intervention on the machine, and the duration of the quality assurance procedure were all shown to be dramatically reduced with the PerfeXion gamma knife. Patient protection is greatly improved with the PerfeXion. In our experience, the technological advances of the Leksell Gamma Knife PerfeXion will make a very significant contribution to future progress in head and neck radiosurgery.