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Nebraska Gamma Knife Center at BryanLGH West, 2300 S. 16th St., 402-481-4999
BryanLGH brought the first Gamma Knife to Nebraska in 1999. The gamma knife and its associated computerized treatment planning software enable doctors to locate and irradiate relatively small targets in the head (mostly inside the brain) with extremely high precision.
Intense doses of radiation can be given to the targeted area(s) while largely sparing the surrounding tissues. The gamma knife can be used for a wide variety of problems. For example, it can be used to treat selected malignant tumors that arise in or spread to the brain (primary brain tumors or metastatic tumors), benign brain tumors (meningiomas, pituitary adenomas, acoustic neuromas), blood vessel defects (arterio-venous malformations) and functional problems (trigeminal neuralgia). Possible future uses are being evaluated for epilepsy and Parkinson's disease.
