In extremely rare cases, one twin fails to fully develop, leaving only a part of it behind. This remnant, known as parasitic twin, remains attached to & dependent on surviving twin.

The surgery was particularly complicated due to the blood supply and nerve connections between the parasitic limbs and the ...

Doctors in the Indian capital, Delhi, have performed a life-changing surgery on a 17-year-old boy to remove his "parasitic" ...

Doctors at Delhi AIIMS have successfully removed two 'parasitic legs' from a 17-year-old boy's abdomen, giving him a new ...

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The extremely rare form of conjoined twinning had caused significant physical and emotional distress to the teenager ...

Now, surgeons at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, have managed to remove the remnants of his ...

AIIMS doctors successfully removed a 15 kg ‘parasitic twin’ from a 17-year-old boy from Unnao, UP. The complex surgery took 2 ...

Doctors at AIIMS Delhi successfully removed two extra lower limbs from a 17-year-old boy, marking the first such operation at the hospital. The condition, known as incomplete parasitic twin, has only ...

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