CYBERKNIFE Radio Surgery
Cyberknife© Radiosurgery is used to treat many kinds of brain tumors as well as trigeminal neuralgia. It delivers beams of high dose radiation with extreme accuracy, is completely non-invasive which means there is no cutting, no anesthesia, is pain free and is performed in an outpatient setting.
Dr. Swaid Swaid has a been on the cutting edge of stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS)for more than 20 years. He was instrumental in bringing SRS to Birmingham and has performed hundreds of procedures using both the Gamma Knife© and CyberKnife© Stereotactic Radiosurgery systems.
Call our office today to schedule an evaluation with Dr. Swaid to see if CyberKnife© can benefit you.
For more information, visit www.cyberknife.com.
Areas of Expertise
Cervical Spine
Cervical Spine Surgery involves putting you to sleep under general anesthesia. A small incision will be made in a crease in your neck, just above the collar bone.
Lumbar Spine
The procedure most often performed is a lumbar microdiskectomy. Dr. Swaid Swaid has performed over 5,000 of these operations during the 35 years he’s been in practice which makes him one of the most experienced neurosurgeons in our region.
Trigeminal Neuralgia
Trigeminal neuralgia is a debilitating ailment and is considered to be one of the most painful conditions patients can experience. It is a disorder of the V cranial nerve.
Concussions
A concussion is a type of brain injury where there is a change in a patient’s consciousness without structural damage to the brain as a result of some type of trauma to the head or body.