Chennai, Nov. 14 -- In a groundbreaking medical achievement, doctors at a private hospitalin Chennai successfully removed one of the largest fibroid uterus, weighing 4.95 kg, recordedworldwide via robotic hysterectomy.
The uterus, weighing an unprecedented 4.95 kg and comparable in size to a 36-week pregnancy,was removed by Dr. Padmapriya Vivek, Director of Obstetrics and Gyneacology and RoboticSurgeon, at the Gleneagles Hospitals, utilizing the cutting-edge Da Vinci XI Surgical System.
The patient, Ms. Ramya, a school teacher in Chennai, aged 47, presented symptoms of abdominalbloating and heaviness.
Following a detailed evaluation and MRI imaging revealing multiple large uterine fibroids measuringbetween 12 and 20 centimeters, a decisi...