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Illinois
Gamma Knife Center
800 Biesterfield Road
Eberle Medical Office
Building
Elk Grove Village, IL 60007
Phone: 847-956-5428
Fax: 847-956-5439
Email: mnichowk@alexian.net
The Illinois
Gamma Knife Center is part of
the Neurosciences Institute
at Alexian Brothers in Elk Grove
Village, Illinois. The center
brings a multidisciplinary approach
to the treatment of neurological
conditions using Gamma Knife
radiosurgery.
Gamma Knife radiosurgery
is not surgery and no surgeon's
scalpel is used. Instead, Gamma
Knife radiosurgery utilizes
the latest innovations in imaging
and software to enable your
doctors to deliver a single
dose of radiation therapy like
a "virtual or radiation therapy
knife" in order to treat neurological
conditions without surgically
entering the skull. This ability
to treat disorders inside the
skull without a scalpel or a
surgical incision limits side-effects
and there is no need for a hospital
stay. In fact, most Gamma Knife
radiosurgery is done as an outpatient
procedure requiring no more
than a few hours of total time
at the center.
The Illinois Gamma
Knife Center has the latest
and most sophisticated model
C Gamma Knife unit. This model
C unit uses robotic technology
called the automated positioning
system (APS) that robotically
moves the patient's head to
the correct position according
to the prescribed treatment
plan. This allows for safer
and more timely delivery of
treatment. The Illinois Gamma
Knife Center has the only model
C Gamma Knife unit in Illinois,
giving your doctors at the Illinois
Gamma Knife Center the ability
to more accurately and safely
deliver timely Gamma Knife radiosurgery.
Visit
the Illinois Gamma Knife
Center website: www.IGKC.org
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