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Extremely rare conjoined twins with 4 arms and 3 legs undergo corrective surgery

A pair of conjoined one in two million twin boys, with four arms and three legs, were born in 2018 in Indonesia. Indonesia: Three-year-old conjoined twins who underwent a corrective surgery. Approximately half of the ischiopagus-conjoined twins are tetrapods types, while the tripus type accounts for around 30% of cases, according to the journal. Conjoined twins develop when an early …

1-year-old conjoined twins separated after 12-hr surgery at AIIMS

Conjoined twins Riddhi and Siddhi, who were born last year and were joined from the chest and stomach, were successfully separated in a surgery that lasted over 12 hours at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, doctors said on Wednesday. Minu Bajpai, head of the department of paediatric surgery at AIIMS, said the twins were diagnosed as ‘thoraco-omphalopagus …

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In a first, conjoined twins separated at Lucknow's KGMU after 9-hour surgery

Doctors at King George's Medical University have successfully separated conjoined twins after a nine-hour surgery. The conjoined twins were first examined by the department of paediatric surgery which suggested that the separation surgery should be done after they are at least a year old. Kureel planned a surgery to separate the twins with the help of various super-speciality departments. Rawat …