COTIGNOLA (RAVENNA) (ITALPRESS) – Held this morning at Maria Cecilia Hospital in Cotignola (Ravenna), a GVM Care & Research High Specialty Hospital accredited with the SSN, the inauguration of the new Gamma Knife, the equipment that allows minimally invasive treatment of intracranial tumor and vascular lesions.
Less than two years after the flood that had rendered the only Gamma Knife present in the region unusable, the facility that is the reference point in the region for this type of treatment has been equipped with Elekta’s new ESPRIT model, the most modern and high-performance stereotactic radiosurgery equipment available on the market.
“Today we are here to inaugurate a new technology but also, and above all, to reaffirm a principle that guides every choice we make: it is possible to overcome difficulties with speed, efficiency and a strong sense of responsibility toward the territory and the people who live there, thus guaranteeing continuity of care, innovation and excellence in care,” said Ettore Sansavini, GVM Care & Research President. This achievement is both the result of investments in cutting-edge technologies and the result of the resilience and determination of a private health care entity that when it acts in synergy with the national health care system represents an essential resource for responding to the growing health demand of the citizenry.”
The inauguration took place in the presence of, among others, AIOP Emilia Romagna Region Vice President Valentina Valentini and Confindustria Romagna President Roberto Bozzi, with greetings from Eleonora Proni, Emilia Romagna Regional Councilwoman, Federica Boschi, Director of the Lugo Health District, representing AUSL Romagna, and Cotignola Vice Mayor Laura Monti.
The acquisition of the new Gamma Knife is an expression of GVM Care & Research’s commitment to healthcare innovation in the area, an investment, in fact, that not only enhances local therapeutic offerings but also represents a key opportunity for patients, who will be able to access cutting-edge treatments without having to travel elsewhere.
“This inauguration testifies to the strength of our territory, which is the result of the important collaboration between institutions, research and health care and the awareness of the need to work jointly on innovation and prevention,” Proni said. “I also want to emphasize the extraordinary resilience that, after the dramatic flooding events that so severely affected even this excellence of the territory and research, allows us to be here this morning.
Since its introduction, stereotactic surgery has been a revolution in the treatment of intracranial lesions without resorting to open surgery and with less impact on the patient, who returns to normal activities more quickly. With exceptional precision, Maria Cecilia Hospital’s new Gamma Knife makes it possible to treat even the smallest intracranial lesion while selectively excluding surrounding healthy tissue and with greater patient comfort.
“The equipment delivers a fan of radiant beams that irradiate with extreme precision the diseased portion of tissue with a surgical effect but without craniotomy and preserving healthy brain tissue,” explained Enrico Motti, Coordinator of the Neurosurgery/Gamma Knife Operating Unit at Maria Cecilia Hospital. This makes it possible to intervene on tumor and vascular diseases that in the past were considered incurable or were addressed surgically with high risks and uncertain outcomes. Neurosurgery and microsurgery certainly still have a very important irreplaceable role, but where possible we prefer to avoid craniotomy by eliminating surgical trauma, often achieving higher efficacy rates than the traditional approach and reducing or eliminating many limitations of microsurgery as well as the typical recurrences of neurosurgery.”
The new Gamma Knife inaugurated at Maria Cecilia Hospital represents a further evolution of the technology, offering greater patient comfort and treatments free of pain and surgical incisions, high efficacy associated with a dramatic reduction or elimination of unwanted effects, reduced hospitalization time, and shorter convalescence time.
“Maria Cecilia Hospital confirms itself as a national reference center for neurosurgery and stereotactic radiosurgery, focusing on an advanced healthcare model that integrates technology, specialized skills and a patient-centered approach,” emphasized Lorenzo Venturini, CEO of the Cotignola facility. “Our mission is always to ensure excellence and cutting-edge care in the Italian healthcare landscape and to contribute concretely. Investing in state-of-the-art instruments means investing in people’s health and in the future of healthcare.”
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