World’s largest and heaviest kidney stone removed from SriLankan man

The removal of the world’s largest and heaviest kidney stone (calculus) through a major surgery occurred on Thursday (June 1) at the Colombo Army Hospital, entering the Guinness World Records. Consultant Urologist, Lt.Colonel (Dr.) K.Sutharshan, Head of Genitro Urinary Unit at the Colombo Army Hospital took the lead in the surgery together with Captain (Dr) W.P.S.C Pathirathna and Dr.Thamasha Premathilaka. Colonel (Dr.) U.A.L.D Perera and Colonel (Dr.) C.S Abeysinghe also contributed during the surgery as consultant anaesthetists. The stone removed on Thursday (1) at Colombo Army Hospital by Army doctors is 13.372 cm long and weighs 801g. Immediately after the surgery the removed stone (calculus) was shown to Army Commander Lt. General Vikum Liyanage at the Army Headquarters by the Director General Army Health Services, Major General P.A.C Fernando and Lt. Colonel (Dr) K. Sutharshan, Head of the Genito Urinary Unit at the Colombo Army Hospital who performed the surgery. As per the existing Guinness World Records, the largest kidney stone found in the world (India in 2004) is 13 cm and the heaviest kidney stone found (Pakistan in 2008) was 620 g in weight. #sciencemodernera #kidneystone #worldlargest