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Neuro Spinal Hospital Dubai
The mission of Neuro Spinal Hospital Dubai is to provide excellence and leadership in the fields of Neurology, Spine, Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Oncology, Radiosurgery and Neurorehabilitation, using experience and state of the art technology in a collaborative atmosphere.
Combining experience from around the world with cutting-edge technology, we provide our patients with access to the latest diagnostic and treatment methods they need abroad, such as the first cyberknife in the country. Now our valuable patients can have everything they need from diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation under one roof.
The CyberKnife works by delivering high doses of radiation to destroy tumors with the utmost precision, ensuring that no harm is done to surrounding healthy tissue. This treatment method not only brings new hope to patients with inoperable or surgically difficult tumors, but can also help avoid complications associated with surgery, such as postoperative pain during recovery, anesthesia, and the risk of infection. The CyberKnife system has over two decades of clinical trials and has helped hundreds of thousands of cancer patients.
How is Cyberknife radiosurgery different from conventional radiotherapy treatment?
A CyberKnife delivers treatment over one to five days, whereas traditional radiotherapy can take up to seven weeks.
CyberKnife is mainly used for small, isolated tumours. Conventional radiotherapy is used to treat larger and more widespread cancers. CyberKnife targets the tumour with pinpoint accuracy, so it inflicts minimal damage to the surrounding healthy tissue.
Because the size of the radiation field is smaller, clinicians can deliver very high doses of radiation safely. Tumours often move during treatment, even when the patient is immobilised. The CyberKnife uses advanced robotic technology to automatically detect, track and correct for even the slightest movement as it occurs throughout treatment.
What is the Radixact Tomotherapy System?
The Radixact Tomotherapy system is a highly versatile, efficient radiation therapy machine, using high energy x rays to destroy and damage cancer cells. Its innovative helical design is unique to this radiation system and allows us to deliver radiation continuously at 360 degrees to the tumor, as the table couch moves continuously through the machine.
The Radixact TomoTherapy system allows the Oncology team to identify the exact location, size and shape of tumors, this enables them to adjust the radiation beam for each specific case.
This type of radiation therapy is one of the most common treatments for cancer and approximately half of all cancer patients will have some type of radiation therapy as part of their treatment plan.
What types of cancer does Radixact Tomotherapy treat?
• Brain cancers
• Spinal cancers
• Craniospinal cancers
• Total bone marrow irradiation
• Head and neck cancers
• Breast cancers
• Prostate cancers
• Lung cancers
• Paediatric cancers
• Sarcomas
• Liver cancers
• Anal cancers
• Pancreatic cancers
• Gynecologic cancers
Benefits of Cyberknife
• Most patients experience minimal or no side effects and recover quickly from the radiation therapy.
• The CyberKnife system was designed for patient comfort during treatment.
• CyberKnife targets tumors previously considered unreachable by surgery or radiotherapy
• With CyberKnife, you may have fewer complications and lower risks than surgery or conventional radiation
• Treatment with CyberKnife can be completed quickly.
• Traditional radiation therapy may require as many as 30 sessions.
• CyberKnife does not require anesthesia, incisions, blood loss, or recovery time.
• CyberKnife uses the body’s bony structures or implanted markers to find its target. Similar techniques require patients to wear uncomfortable frames during the procedure.
• No overnight hospital stays are required.
• CyberKnife uses the Synchrony Respiratory Tracking System
to follow tumor movement, even while you breathe.16:06
Dr. Elena Aurora Health locator
Other techniques require patients to hold their breath during treatment.
• CyberKnife provides radiation to the tumor from more than 1,400 different possible angles to:
• Concentrate radiation on the tumor itself
• Avoid surrounding, healthy tissue
• CyberKnife treats previously radiated areas safely and effectively.
• CyberKnife allows doses to be spread over multiple visits.
• Unlike some radiosurgery systems
• Particularly helpful for avoiding damage to nearby normal tissues.
How is Cyberknife radiosurgery different from conventional radiotherapy treatment?
A CyberKnife delivers treatment over one to five days, whereas traditional radiotherapy can take up to seven weeks.
CyberKnife is mainly used for small, isolated tumours. Conventional radiotherapy is used to treat larger and more widespread cancers. CyberKnife targets the tumour with pinpoint accuracy, so it inflicts minimal damage to the surrounding healthy tissue.
Because the size of the radiation field is smaller, clinicians can deliver very high doses of radiation safely. Tumours often move during treatment, even when the patient is immobilised. The CyberKnife uses advanced robotic technology to automatically detect, track and correct for even the slightest movement as it occurs throughout treatment.
What is the Radixact Tomotherapy System?
The Radixact Tomotherapy system is a highly versatile, efficient radiation therapy machine, using high energy x rays to destroy and damage cancer cells. Its innovative helical design is unique to this radiation system and allows us to deliver radiation continuously at 360 degrees to the tumor, as the table couch moves continuously through the machine.
The Radixact TomoTherapy system allows the Oncology team to identify the exact location, size and shape of tumors, this enables them to adjust the radiation beam for each specific case.
This type of radiation therapy is one of the most common treatments for cancer and approximately half of all cancer patients will have some type of radiation therapy as part of their treatment plan.
What types of cancer does Radixact Tomotherapy treat?
• Brain cancers
• Spinal cancers
• Craniospinal cancers
• Total bone marrow irradiation
• Head and neck cancers
• Breast cancers
• Prostate cancers
• Lung cancers
• Paediatric cancers
• Sarcomas
• Liver cancers
• Anal cancers
• Pancreatic cancers
• Gynecologic cancers
Benefits of Cyberknife
• Most patients experience minimal or no side effects and recover quickly from the radiation therapy.
• The CyberKnife system was designed for patient comfort during treatment.
• CyberKnife targets tumors previously considered unreachable by surgery or radiotherapy
• With CyberKnife, you may have fewer complications and lower risks than surgery or conventional radiation
• Treatment with CyberKnife can be completed quickly.
• Traditional radiation therapy may require as many as 30 sessions.
• CyberKnife does not require anesthesia, incisions, blood loss, or recovery time.
• CyberKnife uses the body’s bony structures or implanted markers to find its target. Similar techniques require patients to wear uncomfortable frames during the procedure.
• No overnight hospital stays are required.
• CyberKnife uses the Synchrony Respiratory Tracking System
to follow tumor movement, even while you breathe.16:06
Dr. Elena Aurora Health locator
Other techniques require patients to hold their breath during treatment.
• CyberKnife provides radiation to the tumor from more than 1,400 different possible angles to:
• Concentrate radiation on the tumor itself
• Avoid surrounding, healthy tissue
• CyberKnife treats previously radiated areas safely and effectively.
• CyberKnife allows doses to be spread over multiple visits.
• Unlike some radiosurgery systems
• Particularly helpful for avoiding damage to nearby normal tissues.
About Neuro Spinel Hospital Dubai
Here you can learn more about the activities of the clinic, the full list of services and procedures.
Our Specialized Units
At the time of commissioning in 2002, the Neurovertebral Hospital became the first private specialized hospital in the region. Over the years they have expanded our patient and reputation as a dynamic medical and academic center and today remains a leading referral center for complex neurosurgical, spinal, orthopedic and rehabilitation diseases, and are proud to launch the NSH Cyberknife Cancer Center, the most comprehensive cancer center in existence in the UAE.
