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Seven-year-old Iraqi boy was born with an extremely rare condition where his conjoined twin didn't fully form and was partially absorbed, resulting in eight additional limbs in Karam.

However, after his father brought him India for a surgery, all of Karam's unnecessary limbs were surgically removed in a three-stage process.

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The operation took place in Noida's Jaypee Hospital and has been termed as the world's first. Currently, there are only five or six such cases known in the world, making the task even trickier for doctors, said Gaurav Rathore, an orthopaedic consultant who was also a part of Karam's surgical team.

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"He was brought to us when he was just two weeks old and his condition was quite unique. Most of the surgeries we performed had not been attempted before," said Dr Rathore.

In the three-stage operation, the doctors first removed Karam's additional limbs protruding from his stomach before correcting a cardiac complication. The final stage removed all of Karam's extra limbs.

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The doctors added that the boy would have to undergo procedures in future to correct other anomalies.

With inputs from AFP

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Baby From Iraq Born With Eight Limbs Successfully Goes Under Surgery In Noida - Indiatimes.com