27 August 2026
AI system guided surgeons through delicate brain tumor removal
First reported
The Guardian ran this on , 2 days before the next source picked it up.
- Surgeons at London's National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery used live AI to identify and color-code critical brain structures during tumor removal.
- The patient, a 48-year-old named Rhys Hibbert, retained his vision after an 11mm tumor was removed from near his optic nerve.
