A 48-year-old man has become the first patient in the world to have a brain tumour removed while medical teams used real-time artificial intelligence during surgery.
Surgeons at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, part of University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, operated on Rhys Hibbert using novel technology which helps identify miniscule brain anatomy by colour coding, or segmenting, crucial structures to help clinicians recognise them safely.
The hospital has been using the technology as a research tool for some time, but the operation, which was conducted in May, marked the very first occasion it has been used on a live patient.
Specialists used the innovative tool to remove a growth on Mr Hibbert’s pituitary gland. Mr Hibbert, from Bedfordshire, said the operation saved his sight and he is now back at work as a customer services manager and a community volunteer.
Source: The Independent, 27 August 2026
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