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"Inaccessible" Tumor Removed Through Eye Socket In UK's First Surgery Of Its Type
In the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt, after the death of a pharaoh, embalmers would remove the brain matter of their ex-ruler ...
Surgeons Make History by Removing Woman’s Brain Tumor Through Her Eye
Kaviya was diagnosed with several meningiomas (tumors that grow in the meninges, the protective layers of the brain) in 2023, following persistent bouts of headaches and other symptoms. The tumors ...
Keyhole op used to remove head tumour in UK first
A nurse has become the first person in the UK to undergo an operation that saw a tumour removed through her eye socket using keyhole surgery. Ruvimbo Kaviya, 40, from Leeds, had a meningioma removed ...
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Image-guided craniotomy for frontal sinus preservation during meningioma surgery.
Gharabaghi A; Krischek B; Feigl GC; Rosahl SK; Lüdemann W; Mirzayan MJ; Koerbel A; Samii M; Tatagiba M; Heckl S OBJECTIVE: Preservation of the frontal sinus (FS) during the frontolateral approach ...
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Eye keyhole surgery to remove tumour the first of its kind in Britain
Many of these types of tumours would have previously been considered inoperable, because of where they are situated in an area called the cavernous sinus ...
British medics remove 'inoperable' tumour in ground-breaking operation
Ruvimbo Kaviya, a mother of three, had surgery to remove a meningioma from the space located beneath the brain and behind the eyes ...
Surgeons remove tumour through patient's eye socket in UK first
The groundbreaking operation will give new hope to patients whose cancers were previously seen as inoperable because of where the tumours are situated.