A group of Army hospital doctors has removed a large kidney stone from a man and it is said to be the world’s largest and heaviest kidney stone removed following a major operation, the Army said.
The surgery has been recorded in the Guinness World Records, the Army said.
Consultant Urologist Lieutenant Colonel (Dr) K. Sutharshan who is the Head of Genitourinary Unit at the Colombo Army Hospital took the lead in the surgery together with Captain (Dr) W.P.S.C. Pathirathna and Dr. Thamansha Premathilaka. Colonel (Dr) U.A.L.D. Perera and Colonel (Dr) C.S. Abeysinghe contributed during the surgery as Consultant Anaesthetists.
The stone which was removed on June 1 at the Colombo Army Hospital was 13.372 cm in length and weighed 801 g.
As per the Guinness World Records, the largest kidney stone in the world was found in India in 2004 which is 13 cm and the heaviest kidney stone was found in Pakistan in 2008 which was 620 g in weight.
The removed kidney stone was shown to Army Commander Lt. Gen. Vikum Liyanage at the Army Headquarters by the doctors who performed the surgery.
