Dubai Hospital sets ‘largest kidney’ record
dubai — Doctors in Dubai have removed the world’s largest kidney from an Emirati patient, earning another Guinness World Record for Dubai.
Ahmad Saeed, 57, had both his over-sized kidneys removed in a surgery six months ago.
The right kidney when removed weighed 6.95kg (34x17cm) and made it to the Guinness World Records, while the left kidney weighed 6.10kg (31x18cm). However, due to the surgical procedure, it was reduced to 4.2kg later. The kidneys are double the size of the earlier world’s heaviest kidney that weighed 2.1kg. A normal kidney weighs 150gm and measures 12x6cm.
Saeed, who has a history of hypertension, suffered from adult polycystic kidney disease which lead to the abnormal growth of kidneys. He had non-functioning kidneys since 2014 and had been on hemodialysis, and is currently awaiting a transplant.
“An ultrasound and CT scan confirmed the huge kidneys,” said Dr Fariborz Bagheri, head of urology department at Dubai Hospital.
Dr Fariborz led the five-hour surgery to remove the two kidneys on October 11, 2016.
Humaid Obaid Al Qattami, chairman of the board and director-general of the Dubai Health Authority
Due to potential complications of the operation, the patient was reluctant until his general health condition deteriorated with difficulty in walking and breathing due to severely enlarged abdomen.” Dr Fariborz Bagheri, head of urology department, Dubai Hospital
(DHA), said that “achieving this record is a reflection of the capabilities of Dubai Hospital in conducting complicated surgeries”.
Dr Abdul Rahman Al Jasmi, CEO of Dubai Hospital, said “the record shows how rare the case was and why it deserved to be documented by the global authority”.
Dr Fariborz said the patient’s kidneys expanded because he was suffering from polycystic kidneys from birth and had a distended abdomen. The kidneys’ growing size were compressing all his internal organs in Saeed’s case. “We had recommended removal of the kidneys a few years ago. Due to potential complications of the operation, the patient was reluctant until his general health condition deteriorated with difficulty in walking and breathing due to severely enlarged abdomen. Eventually, in October 2016, the patient accepted to undergo the recommended operation.”
When asked how the patient was functioning without his kidneys, Dr Bagheri said the patient’s kidneys were not functioning at least two years before the surgery and his hemodialysis was started then.
Commenting on the record, Talal Omar, head of Guinness World Records’ Dubai-based office, said: “We have spent many months studying the extremely complex medical records and now the assessment is complete. The Guinness World Records is happy to announce that the record title of the “Largest Kidney” is now official.”
Saeed said that while he was initially hesitant to get the surgery done, he is happy after the success of the surgery. “I am back to normal. I can move, jump and run. No one believes that I have removed both my kidneys. Before the surgery, I had problems breathing and even moving. I would like to thank Dubai Hospital’s staff for my lifechanging surgery,” he said.