Why choose us?
This painless treatment, which has many advantages over traditional surgery, does not require a general anaesthetic and involves only a single day outpatient visit. Most patients experience only minimal side effects and return to their normal activities the following day.
As a patient of the centre, you'll benefit from the expertise of a multidisciplinary team of specialists, ranging from oncologists to neurosurgeons and radiographers, all working together to make sure you receive the best possible care, tailored to your condition. Our purpose-built centre is located at the Platinum Medical Centre in St Johns Wood, part of The Wellington Hospital.
Some of the conditions we treat
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Metastases
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Meningioma
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Vestibular Schwannoma
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Trigeminal Neuralgia
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AVM
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Pituitary adenoma
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Parkinson's Tremor
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Glioblastoma
What is Gamma Knife radiosurgery?
Radiation is delivered with precision to the abnormal tissue, within either the head or neck, to tumours, vascular malformations and nerves. With radiosurgery there is very little risk of infection, almost no risk of bleeding and no risk of spinal fluid leakage. As there is no need for invasive surgery, treatment can usually be delivered in a single day with most patients experiencing minimal side effects and returning to their normal activities almost immediately.
The Gamma Knife system was the first ever radiosurgery device and works by damaging the cells so they can no longer grow. It has revolutionised the treatment of certain benign and malignant tumours in and around the brain, replacing the need for surgery in many cases. Unlike conventional radiotherapy, radiosurgery is only directed at the abnormal tissue and so it spares the unnecessary treatment of normal brain tissue nearby.

What is Gamma Knife?

Why the Icon?
Gamma Knife radiosurgery is not an operation – there are no knives or surgery involved...People are usually treated as day cases whereas if they were to be operated on, they’d perhaps be in hospital for around a week.
Consultant Neurosurgeon
Expert care
Using this new equipment, our multidisciplinary team of neurosurgeons, oncologists, radiologists and physicists can target and treat conditions with higher accuracy than any other system, within 0.5mm, enabling our consultants to deliver a high dose of radiation to the affected areas, reducing the dose to the surrounding healthy brain. The design of the gamma knife also means there is much less radiation delivered to the rest of the body and because it is a minimally invasive procedure there is no risk of bleeding or infection.
The treatment process consists of four steps. First of all you will have a frame/or mask fitting followed by a CT, MRI or angiography. After your diagnostic imaging, you will rest whilst your medical team plans your treatment followed by the treatment itself. You can have treatment in a single day, and after a short recovery time you can return to normal activities almost immediately.
Our treating clinicians
Our location
Platinum Medical Centre
15 - 17 Lodge Road
London NW8 7JA
The London Gamma Knife Centre is based at the Platinum Medical centre which is part of The Wellington Hospital in St Johns Wood.
Contact us
Any questions about gamma knife treatment, or would you like to make an appointment? You can call or email us and we'll be happy to help.