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"&lt;img alt=\"0611_philip_phillips_getty\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/06/11/0611-philip-phillips-getty-2.jpg\" /&gt;\"&lt;strong&gt;American Idol&lt;/strong&gt;\" winner &lt;strong&gt;Phillip Phillips&lt;/strong&gt; was in far worse condition than anyone thought before he went under the knife ... TMZ has learned.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The good news ... we're told Phillip will be released from the hospital today after &lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2012/06/07/phillip-phillips-kidney-stones-surgery/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;undergoing more than 6 hours of major surgery&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/a&gt;for massive kidney stones.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It turns out ... the stent that was placed in Phillip's kidney was there way too long&amp;#160; -- so long, it became embedded in his body.&amp;#160; It became so bad, surgeons had to cut the stent out with a laser.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Doctors say the surgery was successful, so Phillip will be recovering in a Malibu mansion thanks to one of the \"American Idol\" honchos who is letting the \"A.I.\" winner use his pad.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Phillip is hoping to be fully recovered by July 6th ... which is when the Idol tour officially kicks off in Detroit. &amp;#160;&amp;#160;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Phillip says, \"If I can sing with all those kidney stones in me, I can make the first date.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a class=\"lightbox-link\" href=\"http://www.tmz.com/photos/2012/05/18/phillip-phillips-wailing/\" target=\"_blank\"&gt;&lt;img alt=\"0612_PHILLIP_PHILLIPS_footer\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/06/12/0612-phillip-phillips-footer-1.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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