German surgeons removed a tumor of 21 pounds
A team of German surgeons removed from the abdomen of a man 71 years a mass of 21 kilograms, Klinikum Medical Center Altenburger Land, in Thuringia, inform, Friday, EFE.
Tumor growth in the process, reached a diameter of 37 inches and it took three hours for her removal, Rigo explained Voigt, chief surgeon at the clinic.
The operation was particularly difficult because the tumor was attached to vital blood vessels in the digestive system.
"Tumors of this size are rarely made, even in large university clinics," said the surgeon, that the removal was complete and the patient recovered and left the medical center.
The man is a doctor because abdomen is greatly multiply quickly.
In October, a team of surgeons at the University of Dresden abdominal removed a tumor of 28 pounds, developed an elderly patient and in September in Münster, a woman of 52 years has been extracted a tumor of 18 kg developed in the womb