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.

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.

In a ground-breaking medical achievement, doctors at 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,

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.

Doctors at AIIMS Delhi successfully removed two extra lower limbs from a 17-year-old boy suffering from an incomplete parasitic twin condition. The surgery involved separating shared blood vessels and nerves.