Rajasthan: 11,000 stones in businessman's bladder

Jaipur: Doctors at Sawai Man Singh Hospital saved life of a 46-year-old businessman by removing 11,816 stones from his gall bladder. He was operated using the laparoscopic technique. It took three days for counting and re-counting the exact number of stones. Even the family members of the surgeon, who spearheaded the surgery, helped him counting the stones.

It is for the first time, such a large number of gallstones were removed in the SMS hospital. This surgery was performed by Dr Jeevan Kankaria, under the guidance of Dr RK Jenaw with the assistance of Dr Mahendra. The hospital has applied for a registration in the Limca Book of Records.

The report of this unique surgery has also been sent for publication. According to the doctors, the case was not only complicated but was also risky. The patient’s gallbladder was two times bigger than a usual one and was completely filled with gallstones without any bile in it, the doctor said.

“Luckily, there were no stones found in common bile duct (CBD). There were more than 11,800 stone in his gallbladder but not a single stone was found in CBD, which could cause jaundice in the patient,” Dr Kankaria said.

The stones which were removed from the gallbladder were having almost same size. The biggest stone was of the size of 3.2 mm. Some were 2 mm or 2.5 mm size. The surgeons have now sent the stones for analysis in the laboratory to find out exact cause of such stones in the patient.