Gamma Knife radiosurgery
A safe, highly effective non-surgical procedure to treat tumors and other abnormalities in the brain, Gamma Knife allows our skilled doctors to selectively destroy brain tumors or blood vessel abnormalities deep within the brain without an incision.
Brain surgery with no incisions
In Gamma Knife radiosurgery, high concentrations of radiation beams are precisely focused onto a specific target to destroy the abnormal cells without harming surrounding healthy tissue.
With Gamma Knife, there's no knife, no incision and no lengthy recovery period. Most patients return to normal activities within 24 to 48 hours. Gamma Knife radiosurgery is a one-session treatment, as opposed to traditional radiation therapy, which is administered over time in multiple sessions. The Gamma Knife treatment is typically performed on an outpatient basis and is virtually painless.
Gamma Knife is used to treat various diagnoses including:
- Acoustic neuromas
- Benign tumors
- Craniopharyngiomas
- Malignant tumors
- Metastic brain tumors
- Meningiomas
- Pituitary adenomas
- Trigeminal neuralgia
- Tumors at the skull base or pineal region
- Vascular abnormalities
Contact us
Prisma Health Gamma Knife Center
7 Richland Medical Park Dr.
Columbia, SC 29203
Phone: 803-434-3497
Fax: 803-434-1397
Since its opening in 1998, the care team at the Prisma Health Gamma Knife Center in Columbia, South Carolina, has treated thousands of patients with Gamma Knife radiosurgery. We care for our patients with an interdisciplinary team of specialists including neurosurgeons, radiation oncologists, medical physicists and nurses specifically trained in Gamma Knife. Referring doctors also are encouraged to be active partners in the treatment process.