How AIIMS doctors removed 17-year-old UP boy’s ‘parasitic twin’ in rare surgery

How AIIMS doctors removed 17-year-old UP boy’s ‘parasitic twin’ in rare surgery

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. But what is a ‘parasitic twin’?

Doctors at AIIMS Delhi removed a 17-year-old’s ‘parasitic twin’. Representational Image/Pixabay