A man has been spared from undergoing a craniotomy after surgeons performed a UK-first operation displacing his eye to treat a brain problem.Andrew Wood was "shocked" when he discovered that he had a brain aneurysm - a swelling in a blood vessel in the brain which can be fatal if they burst.He would usually have needed a craniotomy - where surgeons cut off a proportion of the skull and move the brain to get to the affected area and provide treatment.

A man has been spared from undergoing a craniotomy after surgeons performed a UK-first operation displacing his eye to treat a brain problem.Andrew Wood was "shocked" when he discovered that he had a brain aneurysm - a swelling in a blood vessel in the brain which can be fatal if they burst.He would usually have needed a craniotomy - where surgeons cut off a proportion of the skull and move the brain to get to the affected area and provide treatment.