Ruvimbo Kaviya, aged 40, became the first person in the UK to have a tumour removed using a flexible tube and camera called an endoscope through her eye socket, after being diagnosed with meningiomas on the right side of the back of her brain and left side of her eye.
Surgeons at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust have performed a groundbreaking procedure that marks a significant advancement in skull base tumour treatment.
Tumour deep inside woman’s head removed through eye socket in UK-first operation A tumour inside a woman’s head was removed using keyhole surgery through her eye socket for the first time ever in the UK.
Photo credit should read: Danny Lawson/PA Wire] But it’s been revealed surgeons from Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust managed to successfully extract Ms Kaviya’s tumour using key-hole surgery through one of her eye sockets.
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