Leeds Gamma Knife Centre

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The Leeds Gamma Knife Centre is located in the St James’s Institute of Oncology, Bexley Wing, and provides stereotactic radiosurgery services using the latest Leksell Gamma Knife® Perfexion™.

Our service is provided in a partnership between Nova Healthcare and The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and we offer:

• Rapid assessment of referrals, quick access to consultant outpatient appointments and short waiting times for treatment
• Treatment in dedicated areas which provide a high quality, clean, safe
  environment, housed within the newly constructed Bexley Wing, the largest cancer centre in Europe
• The latest in Gamma Knife technology, which gives greater patient comfort and provides more conformal dose planning with less risk of damage to surrounding brain tissue
• A team of neurosurgeons, oncologists, radiographers, medical physicists and nursing staff working together to provide the highest standards of clinical care
• Dedicated support staff to guide you through your treatment and follow up and do all they can to ensure your experience with us is a positive one

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Information about Stereotactic Radiosurgery using the Gamma Knife?

Stereotactic Radiosurgery is a technologically advanced treatment for various brain tumours, including metastases in the brain, benign tumours such as acoustic neuromas (vestibular schwannomas), and pituitary tumours. The treatment is also used for some functional disorders such as trigeminal neuralgia and also for vascular malformations in the brain.

Stereotactic Radiosurgery is delivered using a machine called the Leksell Gamma Knife® Perfexion™. This is not actually a knife and your skull will not be opened during the treatment. The Gamma Knife® Perfexion™ with advanced imaging and three dimensional planning, allows treatment to be delivered through multiple, very narrow beams of gamma radiation, with a high degree of accuracy to a small defined area of the brain. As no surgical incision is required, some of the risks of open brain surgery, such as haemorrhage or infection, are reduced or avoided altogether. With over half a million patients treated worldwide and 2,500 plus peer-reviewed journals to date the Gamma Knife® Perfexion™ is a well established technology. To receive your treatment you will require a lightweight head frame to be attached to your head using four pins. This prevents your head from moving during treatment and so ensures that the beams of radiation are targeted precisely at the right area.

Patients may be eligible for Gamma Knife™ treatment even if they have previously had open brain surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, or in the case of AVMs, embolisation procedures.

Further information is available for patients in our Gamma Knife Patient Guide and we also have guidance on specific conditions which may be treated with Stereotactic Radiosurgery.

Read some of our patient's experiences here!

Medical care

Care at The Leeds Gamma Knife Centre is led by a team of Consultant Neurosurgeons (Mr Nick Phillips and Mr Stuart Ross) and Consultant Oncologists (Dr Paul Hatfield and Dr Carmel Loughrey). We also have a dedicated team of radiographers, medical physicists, nursing staff and clinical support staff.

Consultant referral forms are available in the link Consultant Referrals.

Care for NHS and privately funded patients

The Leeds Gamma Knife Centre has been designated as a provider of Stereotactic Radiosurgery to NHS patients.

Contact us

If you would like to speak to someone about Stereotactic Radiosurgery please call the Leeds Gamma Knife Centre on 0113 2067751 or e-mail us at contact@novahealthcare.co.uk