{"id":23774,"date":"2026-08-19T11:03:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T07:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/?p=23774"},"modified":"2026-08-19T11:05:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T07:05:52","slug":"sri-lankan-surgeons-have-removed-a-3-1-kilogram-stone-from-a-patient-s-bladder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/sri-lankan-surgeons-have-removed-a-3-1-kilogram-stone-from-a-patient-s-bladder\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lankan surgeons have removed a 3.1-kilogram stone from a patient&#8217;s bladder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"1\"><span class=\"\">In Sri Lanka,<\/span><span class=\"\"> surgeons at Trincomalee District General Hospital removed a 3.<\/span><span class=\"\">1-kilogram stone\u2014equivalent in size to an ostrich egg\u2014from the bladder of a 55-year-old patient.<\/span><span class=\"\"> Doctors believe this is the largest formation of its kind ever recorded in medical practice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\"><span class=\"\">The patient was admitted to the clinic about a month ago with a stroke diagnosis.<\/span><span class=\"\"> During treatment,<\/span><span class=\"\"> medical staff noticed the man had difficulty urinating,<\/span><span class=\"\"> prompting additional examinations.<\/span><span class=\"\"> According to the lead surgeon,<\/span><span class=\"\"> urologist Pragaladhan Balakrishnan,<\/span><span class=\"\"> the extracted stone weighed as much as a newborn baby.<\/span><span class=\"\"> The patient is currently in satisfactory condition and continues treatment at the hospital for other underlying issues.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\"><span class=\"\">Hospital Director Sandamali Samarakoon stated that this unique medical case may enter the Guinness World Records.<\/span><span class=\"\"> To date,<\/span><span class=\"\"> the largest officially confirmed bladder stone was 1.<\/span><span class=\"\">9 kilograms,<\/span><span class=\"\"> removed by surgeons in Brazil in 2003.<\/span><span class=\"\"> The stone removed in Sri Lanka measures approximately 17 centimeters in length,<\/span><span class=\"\"> significantly exceeding the previous record.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\"><span class=\"\">For context,<\/span><span class=\"\"> bladder stones form when the bladder does not empty completely,<\/span><span class=\"\"> causing minerals to crystallize.<\/span><span class=\"\"> Common causes include prostate enlargement,<\/span><span class=\"\"> blockage of the urinary tract,<\/span><span class=\"\"> nerve damage,<\/span><span class=\"\"> or recurrent infections.<\/span><span class=\"\"> Small stones pass from the body naturally,<\/span><span class=\"\"> but formations larger than 1 centimeter require medical intervention,<\/span><span class=\"\"> while stones over 4 centimeters are classified as giant.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/asia\/south-asia\/sri-lanka-hospital-bladder-stone-world-record-b3034819.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawTyMuBwZG9mAWV4dG4DYWVtAjEwAGJyaWQRMTVMN1Zqa21VN011ZmJHS09zcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeD0-kvciUdaz0DEh1zBQKjvJS5QLv-LfnII1b813WOHVWgRLJU9MrwMeSOzQ_aem_nFWom0OUr8fnrrEY3j207A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">indepedent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Sri Lanka, surgeons at Trincomalee District General Hospital removed a 3.1-kilogram stone\u2014equivalent in size to an ostrich egg\u2014from the bladder of a 55-year-old patient. Doctors believe this is the largest formation of its kind ever recorded in medical practice. The patient was admitted to the clinic about a month ago with a stroke diagnosis. 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