Succesful surgery in a Girl with eight limbs
Published by Jon Mikel Iñarritu November 7th, 2007 in Medical Images, Medical video, News Tags: .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.
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that is awesome.
I am amazed. Truly incredible science.
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!!!
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
i just wish her all the best and a normally healthy life…God be with her as always
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