UK-first operation removes previously inoperable tumour

Surgeons Make History by Removing Woman’s Brain Tumor Through Her Eye

40-year-old Ruvimbo Kaviya is the first person in the UK to have ever received the minimally invasive procedure.

UK-First Operation Removes Previously Inoperable Tumour

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 because of where they are situated in an area called the cavernous sinus. And those which have been removed required comple…

Exceptional surgery on a girl, removed 1.5 kg kidney cancer that reached the heart

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.

The Child Jesus of Rome weighs 1.5 kg. A temporary cardiac arrest was necessary (ANSA)

An exceptional surgical operation was performed at the Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, in Rome, where a multidisciplinary team removed a 1.5 kg kidney tumor on a girl that had spread to the heart. The patient, an 8-year-old girl with nephroblastoma, underwent surgery that lasted more than 9 hours, during which her heart was temporarily shut down. This result was possible thanks to the collaboration between oncologists, surgeons, heart surgeons…