RMLIMS doctors remove 5.5 kg tumour from kidney of 56-year-old patient
Lucknow: In a four-hour-long surgery at Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences (RMLIMS) in Lucknow, doctors successfully removed a 5.5 kg tumour from a patient's kidney.
According to reports, it is the second heaviest kidney tumour to be removed in India.
The patient is expected to be discharged next week.
According to an IANS report, the surgery, performed on June 27, took four hours and involved a complex procedure to extract the tumour that had spread to a major vein.
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The patient, Madhuri, 56, a resident of Sahjana village in Uttar Pradesh's Hardoi, had been suffering from severe stomach pain for two years before receiving a diagnosis at RMLIMS.
Madhuri had sought treatment from various hospitals without relief before her family brought her to RMLIMS.
Doctors at the Urology department recommended a CT scan, which disclosed a 30-cm tumour in her left kidney, news agency IANS reported.
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