A 17-year-old boy had a life-altering operation in Delhi, the capital of India, when doctors removed his “parasitic” twin that was affixed to his tummy.
An underdeveloped conjoined twin that depends only on the host twin for existence is known as a parasitic twin.
There is less than one case for per 100,000 births, making them incredibly uncommon.
At Aiims Hospital in Delhi, the kid who had a completely grown extra set of limbs and a pelvis supported by a chest artery had surgery for two hours.
The patient’s age made the surgery especially difficult, according to Dr. Asuri Krishna, who oversaw the team of experts.
“Only 40-50 cases of parasitic twins have been documented in world medical literature and the surgery had been attempted on children,”
