February 26, 2025 2:49 PM

AIIMS doctors perform rare surgery to remove extra limbs of teen

Doctors at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi successfully performed a rare surgery on a 17-year-old boy to remove two extra lower limbs hanging from his abdomen. The condition, known as an incomplete parasitic twin, is a rare phenomenon in which an underdeveloped twin, failing to fully form, attaches to the host twin and survives by drawing nutrients from the host's body. Dr. Asuri Krishna, Chief Surgeon at AIIMS Delhi, explained, "This condition is what we call an incomple...