Israeli surgeons have completed a pioneering procedure by removing a skull base tumor through a patient’s eye socket, marking the country’s first minimally invasive brain surgery of its kind.

The operation was carried out on July 21 at Ichilov Medical Center in Tel Aviv by a team of neurosurgery, oculoplastic, and ear, nose, and throat specialists.

The young patient, according to the hospital, recovered quickly with little impact on vision or facial appearance.