Medics remove tumour using keyhole surgery through eye socket in UK first

Leeds surgeons first to use new type of surgery that gives hope to patients whose cancers were previously inoperable

Medics have performed a UK-first operation to remove a previously inoperable brain tumour using keyhole surgery through a patient’s eye socket.

Ruvimbo Kaviya, 40, became the first person in the UK to have a brain tumour removed from the cavernous sinus, the space beneath the brain and behind the eyes, via the pioneering new type of surgery.

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