Leeds surgeons perform UK-first tumour removal

Medics have performed a UK-first operation to remove a type of head cancer using keyhole surgery through a patient's eye socket. Mother-of-three Ruvimbo Kaviya had a meningioma removed from the space located beneath the brain and behind the eyes. Many of these types of tumour would have previously been considered inoperable due to where they are situated in a area called the cavernous sinus. And those which have been removed required complex surgery which involves taking off a large part of the skull and moving the brain to access the tumour – which in itself can lead to serious complications including seizures.