{"id":522593,"date":"2026-08-27T12:20:54","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T16:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/?p=522593"},"modified":"2026-08-27T12:21:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T16:21:01","slug":"worlds-first-patient-to-undergo-live-ai-assisted-brain-surgery-has-tumour-removed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/technology\/worlds-first-patient-to-undergo-live-ai-assisted-brain-surgery-has-tumour-removed\/","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s first patient to undergo live AI-assisted brain surgery has tumour removed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A 48-year-old man has become the <strong>first patient in the world to undergo brain surgery with live artificial intelligence assistance<\/strong>, according to surgeons at University College London Hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rhys Hibbert, a father of two from Bedfordshire, had an <strong>11mm non-cancerous tumour on his pituitary gland<\/strong>, located close to the optic nerves and carotid arteries. As the tumour grew, it began affecting his peripheral vision and could eventually have caused blindness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the operation, an AI system <strong>analysed a live video feed of the surgery<\/strong> and advised surgeons on how to avoid critical blood vessels and nerves that could not be easily seen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The technology helped the surgical team safely remove as much of the tumour as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hibbert said the procedure demonstrated the potential benefits of AI for patient safety, noting that there are no \u201croad signs\u201d inside the human brain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The patient had previously been healthy but began experiencing seizures, dizziness, severe fatigue and problems with his vision after the tumour was discovered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 48-year-old man has become the first patient in the world to undergo brain surgery with live artificial intelligence assistance, according to surgeons at University College London Hospital. Rhys Hibbert, a father of two from Bedfordshire, had an 11mm non-cancerous tumour on his pituitary gland, located close to the optic nerves and carotid arteries. As [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":522594,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[37165,96],"tags":[611],"class_list":["post-522593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","category-technology","tag-deultimominuto"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-2bWV","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/HQukQZFXEAEGRoH.jpeg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Edith B\u00e1ez","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-11-at-11.09.56-AM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["Health","Technology"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/HQukQZFXEAEGRoH.jpeg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/522594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}