New Delhi (NVI): Urologists at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital here, have removed the heaviest kidney ever reported in India, through a bloodless surgery.
The kidney removed from a 56-year-old man from Delhi, weighed a massive 7.4 kg and measured 32 x 21.8 cm. A normal kidney weighs 120-150 grams, the hospital statement said.
The two hour bloodless surgery was performed by a team, comprising Dr Sachin Kathuria, Dr Ajay Sharma, and Dr Juhil Nanavati.
The patient was suffering from a genetic disorder called Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD).
Urology Consultant at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital Dr Sachin Kathuria said, “Polycystic Kidney Disease is a genetic condition, in which fluid-filled cysts develop in both kidneys causing them to swell up and leading to renal failure”.
He said, “The patient started having intolerable pain in his left flank associated with fever and breathing difficulty. We investigated and found that he had internal bleeding and infection within the cysts of his left kidney. It was at this point that we decided to take him up for surgery”. Adding that, since he did not respond to intravenous antibiotics and the shear mass was good enough to offer him such a procedure, Dr Kathuria added.
Dr Sachin added “Although the pre-operative scans showed a huge kidney, we did not expect that it would be the heaviest. It had occupied almost the entire abdomen. To put things into perspective, the kidney weighed more than two human newborn babies combined!”. The patient has recovered well and has been discharged. He is presently on dialysis and awaiting renal transplant”.
According to Dr Kathuria, the heaviest kidney ever removed weighed nine kg from a patient in USA and another in Netherlands weighing 8.7 kg.
ADPKD is an inherited genetic systemic disease occurring in 1:700 to 1:1,000 individuals. It is a common inherited disorder with 12.5 million cases worldwide. The usual course of this disease is that they usually progress to renal failure and subsequently need renal replacement therapy in the form of dialysis and renal transplant.
