It is an extremely rare type of cojoined twin where a baby is born with an underdeveloped twin attached to its body. This ...

Advances in surgical techniques have improved outcomes, including the possibility of separation in some cases. Parasitic ...

Doctors decided the parasitic twin needed to be removed for the health of the 1-year-old. What they removed was a fetus, about 10 centimeters long, with the beginning formations of arms and hands.

Over the past two years, Al-Jakayka Hospital has successfully performed many complex surgeries, particularly in the fields of orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery, and endoscopy. The hospital has also ...

Parasitic twins occur when one foetus stops developing but remains attached and dependent upon its twin, with such cases thought to occur in just 1 in 100,000 births.

Doctors decided the parasitic twin needed to be removed for the health of the 1-year-old. What they removed was a fetus, about 10 centimeters long, with the beginning formations of arms and hands.

In a rare surgery, a parasitic twin that was stuck to a little girl's skull has been successfully removed. Doctors at AIIMS Bhopal have removed the twin and the girl is recovering well now.

A parasitic twin is an underdeveloped conjoined twin that relies entirely on the host twin for survival. They are extremely rare, with less than one case occurring per 100,000 births.

The 16kg twin was removed from the teenager’s abdomen (Picture: Getty) Doctors in India have successfully removed a 16kg ‘parasitic twin’ from a teenage boy following an intensive surgical ...