Doctors at Hyderabad hospital remove 1,000 stones from patient

According to the hospital, the patient — from West Bengal — complained of recurrent attacks of abdominal pain and jaundice for three years and required frequent hospitalisations.

The patient was initially hospitalised in Kolkata, said the hospital. Multiple gall-bladder and bile-duct stones of variable size ranging from the size of a peanut to that of a lemon were found in him, it added.

“Due to the number of stones, he developed cholangitis (inflammation of the bile duct system, which is a series of thin tubes that go from the liver to the small intestine),” said the hospital in its statement.

Before and after image of liver, gallbladder and common bile duct (Supplied)

Endoscopic clearance was attempted twice in Kolkata, with no success.

After many unsuccessful treatment attempts at the previous hospital, the patient was brought to Medicover Hospital at Hitech City in Hyderabad.

The patient’s entire biliary system, gall bladder, and liver are blocked with multiple stones.

Due to the previous unsuccessful attempts at endoscopic clearance, the doctors at Medicover Hospitals went ahead with a surgical procedure.

The patient underwent cholecystectomy (removal of the gallbladder). The main bile duct was opened, and approximately 250 gm of stones (exceeding 1,000 in number) were removed by the surgeons using different techniques, and the main bile duct was joined with the intestine (Hepaticojejunostomy).

The operation was successful with no complications, and the patient was discharged five days after the surgery.

The patient is now in good health and has returned to his regular daily activities, said the hospital.