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Article: Pioneering Brain Malformation Treatment Performed Using Novalis Tx(TM) Radiosurgery Technology in India.
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- September 30, 2009
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Young Female Patient Becomes First in India to be Treated Using Fast and Flexible Radiosurgery Platform
MUMBAI, India, Sept. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- A 17-year-old female with a complex arteriovenous malformation of the brain has become the first person in India to be treated using the fast Novalis Tx(TM) radiosurgery platform from Varian Medical Systems and BrainLAB. Doctors at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital in Mumbai performed the pioneering stereotactic radiosurgery treatment in a single session that took just a few minutes to complete.
"The patient's malformation, which was near the motor cortex on the right side of the brain, had been ...