Doctors remove 3.1kg stone from man's bladder and claim record

What we know about doctors

The bladder stone, which weighs as much as a full-term baby, is believed to be the largest on record

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The significance lies in what happens next: BBC notes that responses are already forming.

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Signal Ledger reads this through the lens of doctors, remove, 1kg, stone, man: The bladder stone, which weighs as much as a full-term baby, is believed to be the largest on record.