Lucknow, Dec. 16 -- Surgeons at the Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) performed a rare surgery by successfully removing a massive brain tumour weighing around 1.25 kg from a 23-year-old man, helping him live a normal life again.

The patient, a resident of Saran district in Bihar, was suffering from an unusually large tumour that had grown through the skull and protrude outward, causing a prominent swelling on his forehead and abnormal bulging of the eyes. The condition had left him socially withdrawn due to his appearance.

He was admitted to SGPGIMS, where doctors first reduced the tumour's blood supply prior to surgery through a neuro-intervention, significantly lowering the risk of excessive bleeding....