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The Guardian - UK
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Jessica Murray

REVEALED: Medics remove tumour using keyhole surgery through eye socket in uk first - The Real Truth

(L to r) Consultant neurosurgeon Asim Sheikh, patient Ruvimbo Kaviya, biomedical engineer Lisa Ferrie and facial surgeon Jiten Parmar.
(L to r) Consultant neurosurgeon Asim Sheikh, patient Ruvimbo Kaviya, biomedical engineer Lisa Ferrie and facial surgeon Jiten Parmar. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA

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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