{"id":815711,"date":"2026-10-27T18:30:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T18:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/815711\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T18:30:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T18:30:16","slug":"i-was-home-12-hours-after-being-in-theatre-hull-man-had-brain-surgery-and-was-back-at-home-on-the-same-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/815711\/","title":{"rendered":"‘I was home 12 hours after being in theatre’ – Hull man had brain surgery and was back at home on the same day"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘These are the types of surgery the team performs, day in, day out, but this is the first time we\u2019ve had a patient able to go home the same day’\"Brain<\/p>\n

Brain surgeon Mr Adam Razak, left, with Dean Richardson(Image: Humber Health Partnership)<\/p>\n

A man has become the first patient in Hull to go home the same day as undergoing brain surgery to remove a brain tumour<\/a> and part of his skull. Dean Richardson, 61, had a tumour removed after scans showed it was growing into his skull.<\/p>\n

Consultant neurosurgeon Mr Adam Razak completed the surgery within two hours and, after consultation with the anaesthetist, reviewing scans and talking to Mr Richardson, discharged his patient home that night – 12 hours after he had been taken to theatre. Mr Richardson, who runs his own air-conditioning firm, is now recovering well at his home in Hull<\/a> following the removal of the benign, non-cancerous tumour and the fitting of a bespoke \u201cplate\u201d to cover the missing part of his skull.<\/p>\n

Mr Razak, part of the Neurosurgical Team at Hull Royal Infirmary<\/a>, said: \u201cThe neurosurgical trend ten to 15 years ago after such major surgery was to keep patients in hospital for up to five to seven days post-operatively. Now, I try to get all of my patients out of hospital the day after surgery, providing it\u2019s in their best interests and is safe to do so. However, this patient was very fit for a man of his age and surgery went so well and without complications that there was no need to keep him in hospital for another night.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Richardson said: \u201cMr Razak was brilliant. I went for surgery at 8am, was out by 11.30am and up walking by 12. Mr Razak came to see me on Ward 40 and asked if I wanted to go home and, of course, I did.<\/p>\n

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‘I went for surgery at 8am, was out by 11.30am and up walking by 12’ – Dean Richardson(Image: Humber Health Partnership)<\/p>\n

“My son came to get me and I was home by 8pm, 12 hours after I\u2019d been taken to theatre. No one wants to be lying in a hospital bed wearing ear plugs to drown out other people\u2019s snoring so it was great to be home in familiar surroundings and I\u2019m now recovering well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Richardson, who keeps fit and has played squash for more than 30 years, noticed numbness in his right leg while riding his motorbike across the Arctic Circle two years ago. He thought it was connected to back surgery he had undergone in 2016.<\/p>\n

However, tests in July 2024 revealed two tumours on different sides of his brain. Sixteen days after he had been told about the tumours, Mr Richardson underwent the removal of the larger tumour following eight hours of surgery by Mr Razak.<\/p>\n

Mr Richardson recovered well but then had a stroke last year. Tests to uncover the cause of the stroke revealed an undetected hole in his heart from birth.<\/p>\n

He underwent surgery to repair his heart in Leeds and, just eight weeks later, had brain surgery to remove the second tumour after scans showed it was growing into his skull. Special 3D imaging was used to show the precise location and position of the tumour and the amount of skull which would have to be removed.<\/p>\n

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Mr Adam Razak, left, with patient Dean Richardson(Image: Humber Health Partnership)<\/p>\n

A company based in Europe then created a special cutting guide, used by Mr Razak to remove the correct amount of skull before he fitted a bespoke prostheses to replace the missing section. Mr Razak said: \u201cThese are the types of surgery the team performs, day in, day out, but this is the first time we\u2019ve had a patient able to go home the same day.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt makes such a difference to patients and is another level of patient care that our population can expect if they have to come to Hull for neurosurgery.\u201d Mr Richardson said: \u201cI was back playing squash within two months of brain surgery last time and I\u2019m hoping it will be the same again this time.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe hardest thing for me, being so active, is to sit still and recover and, last time I\u2019d brain surgery, I was up cleaning my conservatory windows three or four days later until my sister, who\u2019s a Major in the army, told me off. This time, I\u2019m making a koi pond in my garden so all I\u2019ll be doing, for now, is holding a hose pipe.\u201d<\/p>\n

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