​Greatest number of gallstones removed from 1 person[1]

Greatest number of surgical procedures performed by

                          one  individual[2]

 

Greatest number of units of blood transfused during 1 operation[2]          

Largest gallbladder[3]

Largest (heaviest) gallstone ever removed surgically[1]

Largest jejunal gallstone[4]

Largest ganglion cyst[4]

Largest inguinal hernia[5]

Largest Meckel's diverticulum[4]

Largest tumor removed surgically (ovarian cyst)[6]

Largest  osteochondroma removed surgically[7]

Largest prostate removed surgically[8]

Largest uterine leiomyoma[4]

Smallest hysterectomy specimen[4]

Longest carriage of a lithopedion*[9-12]

Longest carriage of a lithopedion (runner up)*[13]

​Longest operative procedure (ovarian cyst removal)[14]

Oldest documented age for patient to undergo surgery[2]

Heaviest patient to undergo surgery[15]



*See editor's note and photographs in Female Reproductive System 

​3,110

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610,564, including as many as 833 cataract operations in 1 day

2,400​

 

25.5 cm

6.29 kg

4.2 cm x 3 cm x 2.7 cm

5.5 cm x 4.5 cm x 2 cm

Stomach, small bowel, and ascending colon

10 cm

327 lb (148.7 kg)

13 cm x 13 cm x 7 cm

275 gm; 15 x 15 x 5.5 cm

5,950 gm

8 gm

Approx. 60 yrs

50 yrs

96 hr

111 yrs

377 kg

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