Biggest Kidney in the world removed in India

Surgeons have removed the world’s largest urinary organ weighing a pair of 2.75 kilogram from a 45-year-old patient at Delhi’s Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, India

The man, whose name isn't disclosed, was admitted to hospital affected by severe pain within the abdomen, blood in pee and high fever. because of severe infection within the kidneys and excessive blood loss, the man’s condition was deteriorating with each passing day. once many tests the person was diagnosed with utosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD).

Speaking regarding the operation Dr Manu Gupta, consultant, urological surgeon., said: “It took us 3 hours of adverse dissection to get rid of the urinary organ that weighed 2.75 kg—20 times more than and was stuck to the encompassing intestines. The second, weighing 2.5 kg, was conjointly removed per week later. Altogether, the patient’s body was bearing an additional weight of over five kilogram.

The patient has been recently placed on qualitative analysis, he's currently convalescent and awaiting kidney transplant. ADPKD is associate degree familial genetic general sickness with 12.5 million cases worldwide. The 2.75 kilogram urinary organ smashed the previous record of 2.15 kg, that was removed in Dhule, India, in 2011, per Guinness World Records. Traditional kidneys weigh around one hundred thirty grams.