London neurosurgeons perform first successful AI-assisted operation to remove brain tumour

Rhys Hibbert, right (with neurosurgeon Hani Marcus, left) was the first patient to have a brain tumour successfully removed in an AI-assisted operation. He was operated on at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in London. Rhys Hibbert, right (with neurosurgeon Hani Marcus, left) was the first patient to have a brain tumour successfully removed in an AI-assisted operation. He was operated on at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in London. Neurosurgeons in London have performed the world's first successful AI-assisted operation to remove a brain tumour, saving the sight of a 48-year-old man, health officials have said.