the rest of the story: Re: Gamma Knife recall information

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Re: Gamma Knife recall information

>Thanks for the useful information but you omitted portions of the FDA

report

>which indicated that there were only 38 units recalled AND this was in

1997.

>GK Centers are now using Gamma Plan 5.0 and forward - this was 2 or 3 Gamma

>plans ago. There are well over 150 GKs in operation worldwide and the

>recall seemed to have effected 38 - it would be interesting to see if

>anything had occurred at these sites which resulted in harm to a patient or

>was it discovered in the testing that is constantly taking place. I think

it

>is wise to have the entire story given when something of this nature is

sent

>out on a list. I have forwarded your email to the manufacturer however so

>that this can be technically explained so as not to cause undue alarm.

>I seriously doubt if a patient would be relying on a computer programmer in

>Sweden who came to work with a hangover or after a fight - I believe the

>technology is far more serious than this.

>

>Marcia