Doctors of the Neurosurgery and Spine Department at the Tripoli University Hospital have performed a surgery to remove a tumor for a 35-year-old patient, the media office of the hospital said in a statement on Facebook yesterday.

The woman has been complaining of a chronic headache and poor eyesight throughout the past period. After undergoing examinations she was diagnosed with "Large frontal base "Meningioma", a large tumor in the front part of the head, according to the hospital.

The head of the Neurosurgery and Spine Department, Dr. Faisal bin Talib who conducted the nine-hour surgery explained that it was one of the most complicated operations to be performed in the hospital, confirming that the patient was sent home and is resuming normal life after achieving full recovery.