A team of doctors in Kochi in Kerala Wednesday claimed to have created a new world record by surgically removing the uterus larger weighing 4.9 kg from 46 year old woman who suffered from a tumour.The five physicians of Sunrise Medical Institute of Sciences (SIMS), led by Hafeez Rahman achieved the feat with a less invasive laparoscopic surgery keyhole out September 29. quot; The uterus is one of the world's largest operated and removed. Compared with the previous record of 3.2 kg listed in the Guinness Book of World Record, what we have achieved is good. This shows that patients need not fear that no large laparoscopic procedures are possible. So it is not necessary to resort to open surgery quot;, Rahman told IANS by phone. The procedure involved making a 5 mm incision in the abdomen, and with the help of a guide to surgery using a camera quot; morcelator # 39, which gradually cuts and sucks the affected area. quot; We believe that this was perhaps the heaviest uterus removed and we have therefore decided to send the details of the surgery for entry into the Limca and Guinness R�cordsquot;, Rahman said. The patient, a 46yearold bank employee based in Kochi, was suffering from a rare disease. quot; The tumor resembled a fullterm pregnancy of approximately 36 semanasquot;, said Rahman. There was a case of fibroid, a noncancerous tumor in the uterus. The team of five out an operation called quot; laparoscopic hysterectomy to get rid of the uterus. quot; The huge uterus was removed in a single 28 minutes, with minimal blood loss. An open surgery would have meant a lot more blood loss, taking into account the size and therefore more risk to the patient quot;, said the doctor. The woman, who requested anonymity said he refused to principles of laparoscopic surgery in other medical institutions before arriving at sunrise at the Cochin Hospital. Rahman said: quot; She was discharged within 24 hours and has resumed work on the banco.quot; Doctors said the uterus is kept in the hospital pathology laboratory of professional references. Rahman is a union of gynecologists and surgeons who try to make 100 free surgeries Laparoscopic hysterectomy in camps across the country each month. So far they have achieved 15,000 such surgeries. br br
