A baby born with four legs and four arms is progressing well after surgeons in Uganda successfully completed an operation to remove his extra limbs. A Ugandan medical team at Mulago Hospital successfully completed a three-hour operation to remove the extra limbs. Mulago Hospital has in the past handled different congenital anomalies but this was the first of its kind at the facility.
After these initial investigations, Paul was discharged home for three months as the surgeons wanted to allow him to grow before performing an operation to separate the twins.
Finally, on August 18, a Ugandan team of three surgeons, three anesthesiologists and two nurses successfully completed a three-hour operation to remove parts of the parasitic twin from the normal body.
The Ugandan doctors ran a series of tests on the eight-limbed newborn which showed that the host and parasitic twin shared part of the pelvic bone. Examinations of Paul's internal organs revealed further abnormalities: his heart was on the right side of his body, instead of the left, while his liver was on the left side as opposed to the right.
Three weeks after the operation, Paul Mukisa is steadily recovering. "The baby is eating well (breast milk) and is moving his bowels normally," says Nasser Kakembo, one of the doctors who carried out the surgery. "His lower limbs also move normally."
Baby Paul Mukisa was born with a "parasitic twin," a conjoined twin that did not fully develop.
After these initial investigations, Paul was discharged home for three months as the surgeons wanted to allow him to grow before performing an operation to separate the twins.
Finally, on August 18, a Ugandan team of three surgeons, three anesthesiologists and two nurses successfully completed a three-hour operation to remove parts of the parasitic twin from the normal body.
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