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Introduction :
The Cairo Gamma Knife Center has
been in operation since June 2001. It uses the Gamma Knife to
perform a procedure called radiosurgery. This is used in the
treatment of diseases of the brain. The Gamma Knife was invented
in Stockholm by Lars Leksell and first used in 1967. The first
patient treated with the first prototype Gamma Knife had an
excellent result. After some years the Gamma Knife was installed
in other countries including, the UK and Argentina.
However, it was the opening of the Gamma Knife
Center at Presbyterian Hospital Pittsburgh which
opened the floodgates for the development of the
method. Today there are over 185 Gamma Knife sites
round the world. The Gamma Knife is most used in the
USA and in Japan. However, there are famous Gamma
Knife sites in France, England, China and Italy
amongst others. The Gamma Knife Center Cairo is not
the first Gamma Knife in the middle east but the
third. It is however the first Gamma Knife in
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