Potato-sized stone removed from kidney at KIMS Hospitals

Hyderabad: In a rare feat, doctors at KIMS Hospitals successfully removed a large stone measuring eight centimeters by conducting an open kidney surgery conducted by a team of surgeons led by consultant urologist Dr Neil N Trivedi. The stone left the kidney functioning at only 18 per cent. Considering its very large size, doctors had to go for open surgery on the 39-year-old man from Karimnagar. 

“Usually with such a large size stone, the kidney function would have been damaged. But to our surprise this patient had partially preserved renal function and therefore we planned to remove the stone. We planned for Anatrophic Nephrolithotomy - a surgery in which the kidney is completely split to remove the stone as a whole and then kidney was re-sutured. The patient recovered well and has been discharged with normal renal parameters.” said Dr Neil N Trivedi.