Redigerer Gammakniven (avsnitt)

==Effektivitet==
Gammakniven har vist seg å være effektiv hos pasienter med godartede og ondartede hjernesvulster, deformerte blodkar som arterievenøs malformasjon (AVM), [[smerte]]r eller andre funksjonelle problemer.<ref>
{{cite journal 
|author=Régis J, Bartolomei F, Hayashi M, Chauvel P 
|title=What role for radiosurgery in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy 
|journal=Zentralbl. Neurochir. 
|volume=63 
|issue=3 
|pages=101–5 
|year=2002 
|pmid=12457334 
|doi=10.1055/s-2002-35824 
|url=}}
</ref><ref>
{{cite journal 
|author=Kwon Y, Whang CJ 
|title=Stereotactic Gamma Knife radiosurgery for the treatment of dystonia 
|journal=Stereotact Funct Neurosurg 
|volume=64 Suppl 1 
|issue= 
|pages=222–7 
|year=1995 
|pmid=8584831 
|doi= 
|url=}}
</ref><ref>
{{cite journal 
|author=Donnet A, Valade D, Régis J 
|title=Gamma knife treatment for refractory cluster headache: prospective open trial 
|journal=J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatr. 
|volume=76 
|issue=2 
|pages=218–21 
|year=2005 
|month=februar 
|pmid=15654036 
|pmc=1739520 
|doi=10.1136/jnnp.2004.041202 
|url=}}
</ref> Ved behandling av trigeminusnevralgi kan prosedyren gjentas flere ganger.<ref>
{{cite journal 
|author=Herman JM, Petit JH, Amin P, Kwok Y, Dutta PR, Chin LS 
|title=Repeat gamma knife radiosurgery for refractory or recurrent trigeminal neuralgia: treatment outcomes and quality-of-life assessment 
|journal=Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 
|volume=59 
|issue=1 
|pages=112–6 
|year=2004 
|month=mai 
|pmid=15093906 
|doi=10.1016/j.ijrobp.2003.10.041 
|url=}}
</ref>

Risikoen ved [[stråleterapi]] med gammakniven er veldig liten,<ref>
{{cite journal 
|author=Chin LS, Lazio BE, Biggins T, Amin P 
|title=Acute complications following gamma knife radiosurgery are rare 
|journal=Surg Neurol 
|volume=53 
|issue=5 
|pages=498–502; discussion 502 
|year=2000 
|month=mai 
|pmid=10874151 
|doi= 10.1016/S0090-3019(00)00219-6
|url=http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0090-3019(00)00219-6}}
</ref> og komplikasjoner knyttes til sykdommen som behandles.<ref>
{{cite journal 
|author=Stafford SL, Pollock BE, Foote RL, ''et al.'' 
|title=Meningioma radiosurgery: tumor control, outcomes, and complications among 190 consecutive patients 
|journal=Neurosurgery 
|volume=49 
|issue=5 
|pages=1029–37; discussion 1037–8 
|year=2001 
|month=november 
|pmid=11846894 
|doi= 10.1097/00006123-200111000-00001
|url=http://meta.wkhealth.com/pt/pt-core/template-journal/lwwgateway/media/landingpage.htm?issn=0148-396X&volume=49&issue=5&spage=1029}}
</ref><ref>
{{cite journal 
|author=Cho DY, Tsao M, Lee WY, Chang CS 
|title=Socioeconomic costs of open surgery and gamma knife radiosurgery for benign cranial base tumors |journal=Neurosurgery 
|volume=58 
|issue=5 
|pages=866–73; discussion 866–73 
|year=2006 
|month=mai 
|pmid=16639320 
|doi=10.1227/01.NEU.0000209892.42585.9B 
|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_neurosurgery_2006-05_58_5/page/866}}</ref>