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Doctors remove third arm from boy
(AP)
Updated: 2006-06-06 12:45 SHANGHAI - Doctors on Tuesday successfully removed
an unusually well-formed third arm from a 2-month-old Chinese boy.
Neither of the boy's two left arms is fully functional, but doctors
decided to remove the one growing closer to his chest after tests showed it was
less developed, said Dr. Chen Bochang, head of the orthopedics department at
Shanghai Children's Medical Center.
"The surgery was quite successful,"
Chen said following the three-hour operation.
"Now we're just waiting for
the patient to wake up.
The boy, identified only as "Jie-jie," will
require long-term physical therapy to build strength in the hand on his
remaining arm, Chen said.
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![A doctor inspects a 59-day-old baby boy who was born with three arms, at a hospital in Shanghai, in east China Monday, May 29, 2006. Doctors are checking the boys physical condition before deciding whether to remove his third arm. [AP]](xin_440503292034566251647.jpg)
A doctor inspects a
59-day-old baby boy who was born with three arms, at a hospital in
Shanghai Monday, May 29, 2006. Doctors are checking the boy's physical
condition before deciding whether to remove his third arm. [AP
Photo]
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