NON-INVASIVE STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY
SRS PROGRAM
Facts & Figures
10,000 MORE THAN 10,000 PATIENTS TREATED SINCE THE PROGRAM DEBUTED
1st FIRST TO INTRODUCE RADIOSURGERY IN THE UNITED STATES
1980 YEAR OUR PROGRAM WAS FOUNDED, PIONEERING RADIOSURGERY FOR 33 YEARS
Gold Standard UCLA’s Novalis ShapedBeam Surgery system now considered the Gold Standard for image-guided, shaped-beam radiosurgery—uses stereotactic technology as well as highly specialized computer software for radiation therapy planning. Enables treatment of intracranial lesions once considered inoperable due to proximity to eloquent or critical structures. Avoids many of the co-morbidities common to invasive surgery, such as infections, hemorrhage and other complications.
CONDITIONS TREATED or tumors that do not respond to either medical or surgical treatment, UCLA offers state-ofthe-art, focused-beam radiation therapy. The Novalis Shaped-Beam Stereotactic Radiotherapy system was developed at UCLA, and is the most technologically advanced system of its kind. This non-invasive treatment is safe and very effective. In a bloodless, bladeless elimination of the tumor, the neurosurgeon collaborates with a physicist and radiation oncologist to map the brain and target the tumor with GPS-like precision using focused beams of radiation, while protecting vital brain tissue. This
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UCLA NEUROSURGERY: INTO THE BRAIN AND BEYOND
outpatient procedure takes up to 40 minutes and can be an alternative to open brain surgery for some types of tumors.
Malignant & Benign Brain Lesions Primary Brain Tumors Brain Metastasis Arteriovascular Malformations Trigeminal Neuralgia Spine & Organ Disorders Parkinson’s Disease Essential Tremor Dystona Spine Tumors
STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY, FOCUSED-BEAM RADIATION, USING A FRAMELESS IMAGE-GUIDANCE SYSTEM ON THE SPINE
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