A baby , Paul Mukisa who was born
with four arms and four legs, which is a medical condition known as
parasitic twinning has undergone a
successful operation.This additional
body parts that were removed
belonged to a conjoined twin who
never developed fully .
Though , Paul was also born with his heart and liver on the wrong side of his body . And three months after his birth , he was operated in Uganda.
Dr Nasser Kakembo , one of the
surgeons involved in the procedures
said the operation was a success.
“ There were no intraoperative or
postoperative complications , ” he said .
“ The baby was given general
anaesthesia and the torso and trunk
of the parasitic twin – which had two arms but no head or heart – was detached from the host baby .
“ Then we also detached the lower
limbs of the parasitic twin from the
host , which included disarticulating
the right and left lower limbs as they
were attached by the joints .
“ We controlled the bleeding and
fashioned skin flaps to close the
resulting wound. ”
Source: NigeriaCamera
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