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Delhi AIIMS sets world record, performs groundbreaking surgery on three-month-old baby to remove obstructions in kidneys

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The Department of Paediatric Surgery at the AIIMS, New Delhi, achieved a groundbreaking milestone by performing Bilateral Laparoscopic Pyeloplasty on a three-month-old, setting a global record for the youngest patient to undergo this procedure. In a lay person's terms, the baby had a congenital condition that obstructs the urinary tract and impairs urine flow from kidneys to the bladder.