A 17-year-old boy from Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao, who lived with the limbs of his ‘parasitic twin’, is free now. A team of doctors at AIIMS, Delhi performed a rare surgery, removing an extra set of limbs and a pelvis attached to his torso.

According to Dr. Asuri Krishna when the boy visited the OPD on January 28, medical staff initially thought he was carrying a child due to the bulge in his abdomen. However, upon examination, they found two fully formed lower limbs,

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.

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

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

AIIMS doctors successfully removed a 15 kg ‘parasitic twin’ from a 17-year-old boy from Unnao, UP. The complex surgery took 2 to 2.5 hours, involving multidisciplinary specialists. The boy, previously isolated and facing emotional difficulties,