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Doctor enters Guinness World Records

Updated - March 10, 2016 05:35 am IST

Published - March 10, 2016 12:00 am IST - HYDERABAD:

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NEW DELHI, 30/03/2015: President Pranab Mukherjee presenting Padma Shri to Dr. Dr. Manjula Anagani during Civil Investiture ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhawan, in New Delhi on March 30, 2015. _Photo: Sandeep Saxena

NEW DELHI, 30/03/2015: President Pranab Mukherjee presenting Padma Shri to Dr. Dr. Manjula Anagani during Civil Investiture ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhawan, in New Delhi on March 30, 2015. _Photo: Sandeep Saxena

Renowned gynaecologist and Padma Shri awardee, Manjula Anagani of MaxCure Hospitals has entered the Guinness World Records for removing the most number of fibroids in a single operation, a press release claimed on Wednesday.

Operating on a 40-year-old patient last month, Dr. Manjula Anagani and her team successfully removed 84 fibroids, weighing about 4 kg, with the largest one weighing 1. 07 kg. This was accomplished in a single operation through minimally invasive low transverse mini laparotomy incision for the first time. The feat was recognized by the Guinness World Records, the press release further claimed.

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