Incision-free brain surgery now possible at Edmonton hospital

Caley Ramsay - 15 November 2017

Surgeons at the University of Alberta Hospital in Edmonton will now be able to perform certain brain surgeries without even making an incision. The Gamma Knife uses radiation to target certain brain tumours and other lesions, while minimizing the impact on the patient's normal brain tissue. Read More

Dr. Samir Patel, Radiation Oncologist at the Cross Cancer Institute; Jan Wasylyshyn, Gamma Knife patient; and Dr. Keith Aronyk, AHS Zone Clinical Department Head of Neurosciences; pose in front of the new Gamma Knife Icon