{
  "id": 13916594,
  "title": "Kumasi Hospital removes 880-gram bladder stone in rare surgical case",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/kumasi-hospital-removes-880-gram-bladder-stone-in-rare-surgical-case",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-12T08:54:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
    "slug": "myjoyonline-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/kumasi-hospital-removes-880-gram-bladder-stone-in-rare-surgical-case/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In a remarkable surgical feat at Kumasi Hospital, a team of doctors removed an 880-gram bladder stone from a 49-year-old man, potentially the largest such stone ever extracted in Africa. The stone, measuring 11.8 centimeters in length, 9.5 centimeters in breadth, and nearly 8 centimeters in width, was discovered to be an oval-shaped mass, a hardened and crystallized formation that had developed within the patient's bladder for nearly three decades.\n\nThe patient, identified as Akoto, endured chronic pain, urinary difficulties, and a gradual decline in his quality of life due to the stone. He expressed his distress, stating, \"It was really painful. Not being able to urinate is something I wouldn’t wish for anyone.\"\n\nDoctors were astonished by the size of the stone, as they found no similar documented cases in African medical literature. Dr. Samuel Koranteng Asante, the Chief Executive Officer of Kumasi Hospital, confirmed that the stone weighed 980 grams initially but remained one of the largest upon desiccation for over a day. Guinness World Records records the largest bladder stone ever removed as weighing 1.9 kilograms in Brazil in 2003, which measured 17.9 centimeters in length.\n\nBladder stones form when urine remains in the bladder for prolonged periods, allowing minerals to concentrate, crystallize, and harden over time. Dr. Asante explained that underlying urinary tract problems, such as prostate enlargement, consistent urine retention due to ureteral stricture, or untreated urinary infections, could contribute to the formation of these large bladder stones.",
  "summary": "A team of doctors at Kumasi Hospital, a private health facility in the Ashanti Region, has removed an 880-gram bladder stone from a 49-year-old man in what the surgical team believes could be one of the largest such stones ever removed in Africa. The stone measures 11.8 centimetres in length, 9.5 centimetres in breadth and […]",
  "key_points": [
    "880-gram bladder stone removed from 49-year-old man in Kumasi Hospital",
    "Stone measured 11.8 x 9.5 x 8 centimeters, oval-shaped, developed over 30 years",
    "Largest African bladder stone documented; previous Brazilian record weighed 1.9 kg"
  ],
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      {
        "outlet": "Adom Online",
        "title": "Kumasi Hospital removes 880-gram bladder stone in rare surgical case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/kumasi-hospital-removes-880-gram-bladder-stone-in-rare-surgical-case-13916744",
        "published": "2026-10-12T09:04:52.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}