Grandfather receives pioneering UK-first operation to treat brain issue

Grandad spared major brain surgery by UK-first eye socket procedure

Andrew Wood, 61, was told he had a brain aneurysm - a swelling in a blood vessel in the brain - and faced a craniotomy, but Leeds surgeons performed pioneering keyhole surgery through his eye socket instead

Grandfather receives pioneering UK-first operation to treat brain issue

Andrew Wood said he was ‘shocked’ when he discovered that he had a brain aneurysm.

Grandfather, 61, receives pioneering UK-first operation to treat brain aneurysm

Andrew Wood had his aneurysm treated via a new technique – keyhole surgery through his eye socket

Surgeons perform UK first brain aneurysm operation through the eye socket

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust performs the UK’s first brain aneurysm clipping through the eye socket, using minimally invasive keyhole surgery.