Indian doctors remove teenagers’ twins in rare surgery

Doctors from the Indian capital, Delhi have a life -changing surgery on a 17 -year -old boy to remove their “parasitic” twins which were attached to his stomach.

A parasitic twin is an underdeveloped joint twin that depends entirely on the host twins for survival.

They are extremely rare, with Less than one case Per 100,000 births.

The teenager, who had a fully developed additional set and a pelvis – was maintained by a chest artery – undergoing two -hour surgery at AIMS Hospital in Delhi.

Dr. who led the team of experts. Asuri Krishna said that surgery was particularly challenging due to the age of the patient.

Dr. Krishna told the BBC, “Only 40–50 cases of parasitic twins have been documented in world medical literature and in those cases, surgery was attempted on children.”

He said that with insufficient medical literature to guide him, the team had to rely on their “intuition, skills and knowledge”.

Parasitic twins are formed when one fetus is partially connected to the other.

In this case, the teenager had two fully formed legs, buttocks and external genitalia – about 15 kg – spread from her stomach.

Remandable, parasitic organs could feel pain, touch, and changes in temperature.

Dr. Krishna said that the first thing he did was to recognize how the parasites and host twins were connected.

Through the scan, doctors discovered that the parasite was connected to the twin teen’s breast and a blood was being supplied from a pot in his chest.

“But there was not much relation with other main organs like liver or kidneys,” Dr. Krishna said, he said that he also found a big cyst in the teenager’s stomach.

The surgery was performed in two stages – first, removing the parasite twins, then removing the cystic mass from the surrounding organs.

A team of doctors, including radiologists, anesthetists and plastic surgeons, completed the process in two-and-a-half hours.

Dr. Krishna said, “A lattice of shared blood vessels, veins and tissues had to be separated. Care should be taken to see that none of the host organs or tissues was damaged.”

During surgery, the teenager’s blood pressure fell dangerously as 30–40% of his blood was washed away in the twin. But the doctors said that they were ready for this and stabilized him rapidly.

Kishore was discharged four days after being admitted. He is healthy and has no complication with surgery, says Dr. Krishna.

The unusual presence of the teenager made him a matter of gossip and ridicule in his neighborhood in his neighborhood, Uttar Pradesh. The wires and jokes took a toll on their mental health, making him feel isolated and alone.

“I can’t travel anywhere or do no physical activity,” he told that Indian express newspaperSaying that he was out of school in eighth grade.

The 17 -year -old told The Express that he was ecstasy and now wanted to live an active life.

“I hope I study and do a job. A new world has opened to me,” he said.