Doctors at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital have removed a kidney weighing 2.75 kg from a patient suffering from autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) last month. The dimensions of the kidney were 33 X 20 X 20 cm.
“This we claim is the largest kidney removed to date in the world. The Guinness Book of World Records reports a kidney weighing 2.15 kg as world’s largest kidney which was removed in Dhule, Maharashtra in 2011. The dimensions of that kidney were 33.72 X 14.14 X 15.05 cm,” noted Dr. Manu Gupta, consultant Urological Surgeon at the Hospital.
The patient came to the hospital last month with chronic renal failure, blood in urine and high grade fever. Dr. Gupta who performed the surgery said: “We found the procedure quite challenging. Normal kidneys weigh 130 gm approximately. This kidney weighed 2.75 kg which is 20 times more and was stuck to the surrounding intestines. It took us three hours to remove the kidney. The second kidney weighing 2.5 kg was also removed a week later. Altogether, the patient’s body was bearing an extra weight of about 5 kg.”
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Dr. Vinant Bhargav, consultant Nephrologist, added that pre-transplant nephrectomies is occasionally necessary in such situations. The patient is recovering well and awaiting kidney transplant.