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| India doctors remove world's 'largest brain tumour' | India doctors remove world's 'largest brain tumour' |
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| Doctors in India who have removed a 1.8kg (2.2lbs) brain tumour from a 31-year-old man say it could be the largest in the world. | Doctors in India who have removed a 1.8kg (2.2lbs) brain tumour from a 31-year-old man say it could be the largest in the world. |
| The surgery, which lasted seven hours, took place on 14 February at the Nair hospital in the western city of Mumbai. | The surgery, which lasted seven hours, took place on 14 February at the Nair hospital in the western city of Mumbai. |
| But the procedure was not made public as doctors were not sure until now if it had been successful. | |
| "Now it's a matter of recovery but he's out of danger", Dr Trimurti Nadkarni, chief of neurosurgery, told the BBC. | "Now it's a matter of recovery but he's out of danger", Dr Trimurti Nadkarni, chief of neurosurgery, told the BBC. |
| Santlal Pal, a shopkeeper from the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, had been living with the tumour for three years before his surgery was carried out. | Santlal Pal, a shopkeeper from the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, had been living with the tumour for three years before his surgery was carried out. |
| Doctors said Mr Pal had lost his vision because of the tumour but hoped he would regain it as he continued to recovered from the operation. | Doctors said Mr Pal had lost his vision because of the tumour but hoped he would regain it as he continued to recovered from the operation. |
| His wife told the Hindu newspaper that they had been told by doctors at three different hospitals in Uttar Pradesh that the tumour was inoperable. | His wife told the Hindu newspaper that they had been told by doctors at three different hospitals in Uttar Pradesh that the tumour was inoperable. |
| "Such cases are critical", said Dr Nadkarni, adding that Mr Pal needed 11 units of blood during the operation and after that, he was connected to a ventilator for a few days after the surgery. | "Such cases are critical", said Dr Nadkarni, adding that Mr Pal needed 11 units of blood during the operation and after that, he was connected to a ventilator for a few days after the surgery. |