Surgeon reveals details of ‘world-first’ procedure to remove large brain tumours

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By Paul Cargill, PA Media

A surgeon working in Scotland has developed a way to remove brain tumours the size of apples through patients’ eyebrows in what is believed to be a world-first for the procedure.

Consultant neurosurgeon Anastasios Giamouriadis of NHS Grampian has adapted an existing technique of keyhole surgery to remove tumours which leaves considerably less scarring than regular craniotomies.