Stereotactic radiosurgery
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Alternative Names
Gamma knife; Cyberknife Expectations after surgery The effects of radiosurgery may take a weeks or months to show up. Your health care provider will monitor your progress using imaging tests such as MRI and CT. Convalescence Recovery depends on many factors, including your overall health and the condition being treated. If you had a frame, the pins that held the frame in place will be removed. You may feel some discomfort where the pins used to be. Bandages may be placed over the pin sites. Most people go back to their regular activities the next day, if there are no complications such as swelling. Some patients are kept in the hospital overnight for monitoring.
Review Date: 01/05/2007  advertisement
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