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Because it is safe and precise There is no risk of surgical complications, since openning the skull is not necessary, and general anesthesia is not used. The patients must stay at the hospital, in most of the cases, less than 24 hours, and they are able to reintegrate to the pre-operative activities as soon as they leave the hospital. Because it represents a great benefit, it has an excellent cost/benefit The radiosurgery procedure reduces hospital costs, when eliminating the convalescence period. Its result is very attractive for the patients, physicians, and the health-providing institutions. Because it is effective Until December, 1996, 58,766 patients had been treated at 70 Gamma centers around the world, corresponding 14,777 to vascular lesions; 22,860 to benign tumors; 19,330 to malignant tumors, and 1,799 to patients with functional affections, all of them with magnificent results. Hospital San Javier began uninterrupted clinical activities, and more than 270 treatments have been performed since May, 1995. The following pathologies have been treated until January, 1999: arteriovenous malformations, meningiomata, acoustic neurinomata, glossopharyngeal neurinomata, metastasis at the central nervous system (CNS), hypophysial adenomata, craniopharyngiomata, trigeminal neuralgia, psychoneurosis, anaplastic astrocytomata, pylocytic astrocytomata, neuroblastomata, and uveal melanomata, among others. The obtained results are similar to those published at an international level.
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