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Coverage dated June 14, 2023

Doctors remove "world's largest kidney stone" from retired soldier in Sri Lanka

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The stone is both the largest and heaviest ever removed during a major surgery, according to Guinness World Records.

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  1. CBS News

    Doctors remove "world's largest kidney stone" from retired soldier in Sri Lanka (opens CBS News)

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    The stone is both the largest and heaviest ever removed during a major surgery, according to Guinness World Records.

  2. UPI

    Look: Sri Lanka doctors remove 5.26-inch, 1.76-pound kidney stone from patient (opens UPI)

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    Surgeons at a hospital in Sri Lanka said a patient underwent surgery to remove a massive kidney stone that measured 5.26 inches long and weighed 1.76 pounds.

  3. New York Post

    Doctors in Sri Lanka remove ‘world’s largest’ kidney stone that weighs whopping 1.8 pounds (opens New York Post)

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    Doctors in Sri Lanka set a new Guinness World Record when they removed the world’s largest kidney stone from a retired soldier earlier this month.

  4. CNN

    World's largest kidney stone removed -- and it's the size of a grapefruit (opens CNN)

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    The world’s largest kidney stone has been removed from a patient in Sri Lanka – and it’s about the size of a grapefuit, as long as a banana and as heavy as four hamsters.

  5. Local News 8

    World’s largest kidney stone removed – and it’s the size of a grapefruit (opens Local News 8)

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    By Tara Subramaniam and Duarte Mendonca, CNN (CNN) — The world’s largest kidney stone has been removed from a patient in Sri Lanka – and it’s about the size of a grapefuit, as long as a banana and as heavy as four hamsters. At 13.372 centimeters (5.26 inches) long and weighing 801 grams (1.76 lbs)

  6. Breitbart News

    WATCH: Doctors Remove World's Largest Kidney Stone (opens Breitbart News)

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    The world's biggest kidney stone is getting a lot of attention after doctors removed it from a patient in Sri Lanka on June 1.

  7. WSVN Miami

    World’s largest kidney stone removed – and it’s the size of a grapefruit - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports (opens WSVN Miami)

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    (CNN) — The world’s largest kidney stone has been removed from a patient in Sri Lanka – and it’s about the size of a grapefruit, as

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