Army docs break world record by removing world’s biggest kidney stone

A team of Sri Lanka Army doctors has broken a Guinness World Record by removing the world’s largest and heaviest kidney stone (calculus).

Consultant Urologist, Lt. Col. Dr. K. Sutharshan, Head of Genito-Urinary Unit at the Colombo Army Hospital, together with Captain Dr. W.P.S.C Pathirathna and Dr. Thamasha Premathilaka, performed the record-breaking surgery. Col. Dr. U.A.L.D. Perera and Colonel Dr. C.S Abeysinghe assisted in the surgery as Consultant Anaesthetists.

The kidney stone removed on Thursday (01 June) is 13.372 cm long and weighs 801g.

The kidney stone

As per the existing Guinness World Records, the largest kidney stone found in the world (India in 2004) was 13 cm long and the heaviest kidney stone found (Pakistan in 2008) was 620 gms, according to the Army.