How does Stereotactic Radio-surgery work?

it is actually a radiation therapy which is non-surgical and being used to treat small brain tumors and functional abnormalities. Comparing to traditional therapy it can deliver radiation which will be precisely targeted and can help to preserve healthy tissues. It actually works in the same way as other forms of radiation treatment works. Even though the tumor is not removed , the radiation will distort the tumor cell's DNA. These cells will lose their ability to reproduce as a result.
Due to the good precision of the SRS there is actually only minimal damage to the surrounding healthy tissues. Comparing with the other types of radiation therapy or traditional surgery radiosurgery has a very lower risk of side effects, for better results consult Best stereotactic radiosurgery in mumbai to avoid any risk and complications. 
During the procedure, i.e., during the treatment machine does not move, instead the bed which is attached to the machine moves. Depending on the shape and size of the target the procedure may take less than an hour to somewhere about 4 hours.
SRS of the spine and the brain can be completed typically in a single session compared to body radiosurgery which is used to treat liver, lungs and other soft tissue tumors.
When doctors use SRS to treat tumors other than the brain, its called either Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) or Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT)

There are 3 types of technology used by doctors to deliver radiation during SRS in the brain and other body parts.
1. Linear accelerator
2. Gamma Knife
3. Proton beam therapy
Almost around 50 years ago, SRS was pioneered as a less safer and invasive alternative to the neurosurgery (standard brain surgery), which actually requires incisions in the skull, brain tissue, membranes surrounding the brain and skin.
Since then, SRS and its use has widely expanded and is considered to treat a variety of neurological, neurology hospital in Mumbai, and other similar type of conditions , including:
1. Brain Tumor
2. Arteriovenous malformation (AVM)
3. Trigeminal neuralgia
4. Acoustic neuroma
5. Pituitary tumors
6. Tremors
7. Other cancers
Researchers are also trying to explore the use of SRS to treat other type of conditions as well, including breast cancer, prostate cancer, lung cancer, melanoma of the eye, psychological disorders such as obsessive-compulsive disorder and epilepsy

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