Akron, Ohio-based Hospital Now Using Leksell Gamma Knife Pefexion Unit

Until recently, Nanci Redd thought she would need surgery to treat the uncontrolled dizziness caused by a noncancerous growth in her brain. Instead, she will be the first patient to be treated with Akron General Health System’s new Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion unit — a $5 million machine that uses precise beams of radiation instead of an actual knife to target and destroy brain tumors and other cranial disorders, at the same time minimizing damage to healthy tissue.

Previously, patients who required Gamma Knife procedures were referred to Cleveland hospitals, but they now can go to Akron, Ohio.

“This is a service to the community,” says Georges Z. Markarian, MD, chairman of the Neurosciences Department at Akron General. “The technology is really important because it provides a level of care that doesn’t exist in this form.” For more information, click here to read the full article.