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

Ruvimbo Kaviya is first person in Britain to have surgery to remove a tumour through her eye socket. Picture: Danny Lawson/PA

Doctors in a British teaching hospital have performed an operation to remove a type of head cancer using keyhole surgery through a patient’s eye socket.

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