'A brain tumour the size of a tennis ball came out my eyebrow'
Pioneering surgery to remove large brain tumours through the eyebrows of patients has been successfully carried out in Scotland.
In what has been described as a "world first", NHS Grampian said tumours the size of large apples have been removed using the technique.
Consultant neurosurgeon Anastasios Giamouriadis has adapted the already-existing eyebrow technique to enable him to now remove larger growths - a development which he described as a "game-changer".
The surgery is said to have fewer complications, a shorter operating and recovery time, and less scarring as a result. One recipient - who described her tumour as like a tennis ball - said she was out of hospital in just two days with nothing but a black eye.
Traditional surgery for patients with tumours at the front of their brain involves having to remove a large part of the skull, in what is known as a craniotomy.
Known as the Modified Eyebrow Keyhole SupraOrbital Approach for Brain Tumours, the new technique means patients are expected to be left with only a small scar and a black eye.
