Cricket ball-sized tumour removed in Hyderabad

HYDERABAD: A 55-year-old who was diagnosed with a tumour that was the size of a cricket ball in his right kidney was operated upon in a city-based hospital on Friday.
Doctors removed the tumour using laparoscopic surgical procedure and informed that performing a keyhole surgery to remove such a large tumour from the kidney is an uncommon practice and was done not to cause major incision and to ensure a speedy recovery of the patient.
“Relieving the patient of the ailment and pain through the best approach was the route taken by us. Nephrectomy was performed on the patient using keyhole surgery aided by laparoscopic technology and the patient was discharged on day-3 of the procedure, which could have taken longer in the traditional approach,” said Dr Aman Chandra, consultant urologist at Aware Global Hospitals.