{
  "id": 13916744,
  "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",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-12T09:04:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Adom Online",
    "slug": "adom-online",
    "url": "https://www.adomonline.com/kumasi-hospital-removes-880-gram-bladder-stone-in-rare-surgical-case/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Doctors at Kumasi Hospital, a private healthcare facility in Ghana's Ashanti Region, removed an 880-gram bladder stone from a 49-year-old man, potentially making it one of the largest such stones ever removed in Africa. The massive stone, measuring 11.8 centimetres in length, 9.5 centimetres in breadth, and nearly 8 centimetres in width, was originally 980 grammes but remained large even after desiccating for over a day. The patient, who wished to remain anonymous, endured pain, urinary difficulties, and a decline in quality of life for nearly three decades.\n\nUpon examination, the stone resembled a ball of clay, but doctors identified it as a hard, crystallised formation that developed inside the patient's bladder. The team believes the stone to be arguably the largest bladder stone documented in Africa. They searched medical literature from the continent and couldn't find any other documented and removed bladder stone as large as this one. The stone's origins are attributed to mineral crystals that gradually developed into an enormous mass affecting the man's health and daily life.\n\nThe surgical team attributes the stone's development to underlying urinary tract problems, such as prostate enlargement that causes urine to stay in the bladder, leading to stone formation. In the patient's case, a ureteral stricture likely contributed to the stone's growth. Dr. Asante, the hospital's CEO, advised people to drink adequate amounts of water to prevent urinary mineral concentration and stone formation. He also emphasized the importance of early diagnosis and treatment of underlying urinary problems to prevent bladder stones from growing to such enormous sizes.",
  "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 […]",
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      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "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",
        "published": "2026-10-12T08:54:50.000Z"
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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."
}