Removes 392-gram prostate from a high-risk patient
Suhail Khan
SRINAGAR, Oct 13: A urologist from the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir has set a record for removing 392 grams of prostate, the largest reported in India so far, an official from a private hospital here said.
The technology behind long-distance surgery is now dependable enough to be used more widely, proven by Dr Shahnawaz, a resident of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district by removing a 392-gram prostate from a patient thus setting an example in the field.
Talking to Kashmir Despatch Dr Shabir, an anesthetist who was in the team of doctors during the surgery, said that the surgery was done on a high-risk patient but with their dedication and grace of God, the surgery went nicely and they succeeded in removing the 392-gram prostate from the patient.
The doctor told Kashmir Despatch: “I was asked by many people about the size of the prostate that can be called big. With the grace of Allah we have removed a 392-gram prostate from a patient (the largest reported in India) during a surgery done in a Kashmir hospital.”
Earlier, this month a doctor in central Kashmir’s Budgam district claimed to have extracted the world’s longest tooth from a man. The length of the tooth was 37.5 mm, which Dr Tahir Syed, Dental Surgeon at Sub District Hospital Beerwah claimed.
Suhail Khan is a filmmaker, content writer, and freelance journalist.
