A team of surgeons led by Dr Rakesh Sinha and Dr Neeta Warty at Bombay Endoscopy Academy and Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery (BEAMS) laparoscopically removed a fibroid weighing 3-4 kg from the uterus of Noorjahan Markar (38) of Mumbai on Dec. 25,2000. The patient had several fibroids of which the largest measured 20 X 12 cm. The fibroids were removed through a hole as

5-10 mm. The patient had a reaction to blood later in the evening for which she had to undergo hysterectomy. BEAMS, an exclusive endoscopic centre for women opened in 1994.

Dr Rakesh Sinha and his team at BEAMS laparoscopically removed a fibroid uterus of a 44-year-old women from Mumbai on Nov. 21, 2000. Although the laparoscopic removal of uterus is now quite common (the first womb was removed through an abdominal hole as small as 5-10 mm in 1989 in the USA), this case was unique as her uterus measuring 21 cm weighed 2.7 kg, nearly as large as a new born child. (Patient's name withheld on request.) Conventionally hysterectomy is either done through a large cut made in the abdomen or vaginally. A normal uterus weighs 70 gm and measures around 7.5 cm.