New Delhi, October 07: In a key-hole operation which lasted 28 minutes, doctors at a Kerala hospital claimed to have removed a gigantic uterus weighing 4.9 kg, which could be a possible world record.
“We have successfully removed a uterus weighing 4.9 kg of a 49-year-old patient here. This uterus is the world?s largest one operated upon as compared to previous record of 3.9 kg as listed in the Guinness Book of World Record,” Dr Hafeez Rahman, Chairman, Sunrise Hospital Kochi told PTI.
He said that since the hospital believed that this was perhaps the heaviest uterus removed, they have decided to send the details of the surgery for entry into the Limca and Guinness book of World Records.
–PTI