World-first: AI guides live brain surgery in the UK to save patient's sight
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- A British man has become the first patient in the world to undergo brain surgery guided live by artificial intelligence, in an operation that saved his sight.S1
- Rhys Hibbert had surgery to save his sight in part of his brain where “going a millimetre wrong can make a critical difference”S2
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World-first: AI guides live brain surgery in the UK to save patient's sight
A British man has become the first patient in the world to undergo brain surgery guided live by artificial intelligence, in an operation that saved his sight.
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AI assists sight-saving brain surgery on UK patient in world first
Rhys Hibbert had surgery to save his sight in part of his brain where “going a millimetre wrong can make a critical difference”
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Published Aug 27, 2026
What to know
- A British man has become the first patient in the world to undergo brain surgery guided live by artificial intelligence, in an operation that saved his sight.S1
- Rhys Hibbert had surgery to save his sight in part of his brain where “going a millimetre wrong can make a critical difference”S2
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