Kaviya was diagnosed with several meningiomas (tumors that grow in the meninges, the protective layers of the brain) in 2023, following persistent bouts of headaches and other symptoms. The tumors ...

Medics have performed a UK-first operation to remove a type of head cancer using keyhole surgery through a patient's eye socket. Mother-of-three Ruvimbo Kaviya had a meningioma removed from the space ...

which is in an area called the cavernous sinus. Removal of this type of tumour requires complex surgery that involves taking off a large part of the skull and moving the brain to access the tumour.

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 ...

“I was amazed by the recovery,” Ruvimbo Kaviya – a 40-year-old woman from the UK who, in February last year, became the first person in the country to undergo endoscopic trans-orbital surgery to ...

had a meningioma removed from the space located beneath the brain and behind the eyes. The operation at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is the first of its kind in the UK. It will give new hope to ...

An urgent plea for support has been launched to gather the necessary funds to enable 10-year-old Damir Ortiz Ramírez, a Cuban ...

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

A groundbreaking operation to remove a patient's brain tumour through her eye socket has been performed in Leeds.Ruvimbo Kaviya, 40, is the first ...

Ruvimbo Kaviya, 40, from Leeds, had a meningioma removed from the space located beneath her brain and behind her eyes. Many of these types of tumour would have previously been considered inoperable ...