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 ...

The groundbreaking operation will give new hope to patients whose cancers were previously seen as inoperable because of where the tumours are situated.

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 ...

Ruvimbo Kaviya, a mother of three, had surgery to remove a meningioma from the space located beneath the brain and behind the eyes ...

Many of these types of tumour would have previously been considered inoperable because of where they are situated in a area called the cavernous sinus. And those which have been removed required ...

The tumors were located in her cavernous sinus, a network of nerves and vessels found behind the eyes that direct the flow of blood away from the brain. Ordinarily, doctors would attempt to remove ...

Many of these types of tumour would have previously been considered inoperable because of where they are situated in an area called the cavernous sinus. Experts at the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS ...

Traditionally, this type of tumour would have been considered inoperable because of where is it situated in an area called the cavernous sinus. And those which have been removed required complex ...

Many of these types of tumour would previously have been considered inoperable because of where they are situated, which is in an area called the cavernous sinus. Removal of this type of tumour ...

Previously, many of these types of tumour would have been considered inoperable because of where they are situated in an area called the cavernous sinus. And those which have been removed required ...