2023-06-14 14:54:40
Sri Lankan military doctors succeeded in removing the world’s largest and heaviest kidney stone from a retired soldier, the Sri Lankan army announced today, Wednesday.
The army stated that the 62-year-old former non-commissioned officer underwent an operation to remove a kidney stone that weighed 801 grams, more than five times the weight of a medium-sized male kidney.
The length of the stone was 13.37 cm, while the average length of the kidney did not exceed 10 to 12 cm.
“The largest and heaviest kidney stone in the world was surgically removed on June 1 at the Colombo Military Hospital,” the army announced in a statement.
The authorities’ announcement came after the Guinness Book of Records recognized this record.
The previous record for a kidney stone of 620 grams was recorded in Pakistan in 2008, according to Guinness World Records.
The military surgeon K. “The most important thing for us is that the kidneys function normally despite this stone,” Sudarshan said.
The retired soldier explained to a local TV channel that he had been suffering from abdominal pain since 2020 and that the medications prescribed had no effect.
Kidney stones are formed from mineral salts that accumulate in the kidney, an organ that cleans the blood.
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