Sri Lanka Army (SLA) doctors have set a Guinness World Record after removing the world’s largest and heaviest kidney stone.
The stone, measuring 13.372 cm in length and 801 grams in weight, was removed by a team of senior medical practitioners, including a Consultant Urologist, Lieutenant Colonel (Dr) K. Sutharshan, Head of Genito Urinary Unit at the Colombo Army Hospital, the SLA’s Media Division said.
As per the existing Guinness World Records, the largest kidney stone in the world which is around 13 cm was found in India in 2004, while the heaviest kidney stone which was 620 grams in weight was reported in Pakistan in 2008.
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Meanwhile, A small, hard deposit that forms in the kidneys and is often painful when passed. Kidney stones are hard deposits of minerals and acid salts that stick together in concentrated urine. They can be painful when passing through the urinary tract but usually don’t cause permanent damage.
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