Friday, August 22, 2008

378 kidney stones extracted from Mizoram man

Aizawl, Aug 22 : Doctors at the Aizawl Civil Hospital have extracted 378 kidney stones from a 62-year-old man.


“In my long career as a surgeon, this is the largest number of kidney stones I have ever extracted from a patient,” Dr K Lalbiakzuala, Head of the Hospital’s Surgery Department said adding, it might also be a World Record.

The operation which took place on Wednesday lasted for three hours.

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