The largest and heaviest kidney stone (calculus) ever removed underwent major surgery on Thursday (June 1) at the Colombo Army Hospital and was successfully removed, according to a statement from the Sri Lanka Army.
Together with Captain (Dr.) W.P.S.C Pathirathna and Dr. Thamasha Premathilaka, consultant urologist Lieutenant Colonel (Dr.) K. Sutharshan, Head of the Genito Urinary Unit at the Colombo Army Hospital, took the lead in the surgery.
As consultant anesthetists, Colonel (Dr) U.A.L.D Perera and Colonel (Dr) C.S. Abeysinghe also provided assistance during the procedure.
Army physicians extracted a 13.372 cm long and 801 g heavy stone on Thursday (1) at Colombo Army Hospital.
Immediately after the surgery the removed stone (calculus) was shown to the Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Vikum Liyanage RWP RSP ndu at the Army Headquarters by the Director General Army Health Services, Major General P.A.C Fernando USP and Lieutenant Colonel (Dr) K. Sutharshan, Head of 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.
