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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Health
Ella Pickover

Grandfather receives pioneering UK-first operation to treat brain issue

Mr Wood has been spared from undergoing a craniotomy after surgeons performed a UK-first operation displacing his eye to treat a brain problem (Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust/PA) - (PA Media)

A man has been spared from undergoing a craniotomy after surgeons performed a UK-first operation displacing his eye to treat a brain problem.

Andrew Wood was “shocked” when he discovered that he had a brain aneurysm – a swelling in a blood vessel in the brain which can be fatal if they burst.

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