Doctors in the Indian capital, Delhi, have performed a life-changing surgery on a 17-year-old boy to remove his "parasitic" twin that was attached to his abdomen. A parasitic twin is an underdeveloped ...

Teenager says a ‘new world has opened up’ to him following extremely rare surgery to remove 16kg twin’s limbs from his abdomen ...

The 17-year-old, who is from Uttar Pradesh, India, was born with his 'parasitic' twin attached to his abdomen and had a fully developed extra set of legs, as well as a pelvis. A parasitic twin is ...

Such things do happen. This is called parasitic twin. It is an extremely rare type of cojoined twin where a baby is born with an underdeveloped twin attached to its body. This condition is also ...

A parasitic twin is an extremely rare type of conjoined twin. While research is limited, experts suggest that this condition doesn’t cause severe complications. But it requires surgery — often ...

Doctors in India have carried out a rare and life-changing surgery to remove a 17-year-old boy’s “parasitic” twin. Parasitic twins occur when one foetus stops developing but remains attached ...

Doctors in the Indian capital, Delhi, have performed a life-changing surgery on a 17-year-old boy to remove his "parasitic" twin that was attached to his abdomen. A parasitic twin is an ...

Now, surgeons at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, have managed to remove the remnants of his parasitic twin through a “rarest of rare” surgery and given him a chance to live ...

The Bemidji Area Natural Resources Continuing Education Consortium is presenting “Scaup, Coots and Parasites on Winnie,” a natural resources presentation scheduled for 3-4 p.m. Aug.