Brain tumours ‘the size of apples’ removed through patients’ eyebrows in new surgery technique

Mr Anastasios Giamouriadis, a consultant neurosurgeon at NHS Grampian, with patient Doreen Adams - (PA)

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.