Performing brain surgery without a scalpel

Tens of thousands of people get brain surgery without a scalped.

• True

• False

Using a laser for brain surgery is called...

• laser brain surgery

• stereotactic radio surgery

• radio surgery

• brain surgery

In stereotactic radio surgery the beams of radiation...

• destroys brain

• makes the tumors glow

• heats up tumors

• destroys tumors

CT scans help doctors calculate Hounsfield units which help figure out different tissue...

• sizes

• location

• densities

• cells

MRIs also help doctos determine a stereotactic radio surgery plan.

• True

• False

In this type of brain surgery only ONE beam is used.

• True

• False

How does this procedure remove tumor cell?

• The beams shears the cell's DNA which causes the cell to breakdown

• The beams shears the cell's DNA which burn off the tumor cell

Once the doctors destroy the tumor cells...

• The doctors scrape out the dead cells

• The destroyed cells all become scar tissue

• Our immune system takes care of the dead cells

• The cells are completely destroyed and nothing is there

This treatment works for

• all tumor cells

• small brain tumors

• large brain tumors

What are two benefits of having this type of surgery? (Mark two)

• Pain free

• 1 week recovery time

• Little to no recovery time

• Little pain