Succesful surgery in a Girl with eight limbs
Lakshmi is the hindu goddess of of wealth, fortune, love and beauty, the lotus flower and fertility. She is represented by an icon of a lady with four arms.
Lakshmi Tatma is a girl who is two years old but she was born with 8 limbs, because she is joined at the pelvis to what is, in fact, a headless, undeveloped twin (parasitic twin or to be more specific, ischiopagus cojoined twin).
This is surely an abnormal feature and it has attracted media attention worldwide.
The 24-hour-long surgery to remove the extra limbs of this Indian girl born with four arms and four legs was a success, doctors announced Wednesday.
A team of more than 30 physicians removed Lakshmi’s extra limbs, salvaged her organs, and rebuilt her pelvis area, Dr. Sharan Patil said from a hospital in the southern Indian city of Bangalore, India.
kelli
Thursday, 15th November 2007 at 11:15 am
that is awesome.
Megan
Friday, 30th November 2007 at 4:34 pm
I am amazed. Truly incredible science.
Susan
Thursday, 19th June 2008 at 11:54 am
I am just grateful that the family did not take her birthday – the festival of the many-armed goddess for whom she is named – as a sign that she should stay that way!!!
Norma martinez
Thursday, 19th June 2008 at 3:01 pm
it looks like if there twins stuck together in theres missing a head like if a another baby was to develop but i was amaze shes so adorable
kennedy
Friday, 20th June 2008 at 3:55 pm
i just wish her all the best and a normally healthy life…God be with her as always
jeff
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