A new born baby with 31 fingers and toes
but no thumbs on either palm, is set to undergone the first of three
surgical operations to correct his rare birth abnormalities.
An 8-month-old Chinese baby nicknamed
Yuanyuan, who was born with 15 fingers and 16 toes (31 digits in total)
as well as without thumbs or big toes, is set to undergo a corrective
surgery as medical doctors are in the process of removing the extra
digits and reshaping the child’s remaining digits over three stages of
operations.
The baby’s digits whose family are from
Hunan Province in southern China, are asymmetrical meaning that they
will need to be reshaped, as doctors say that the surgery will be long
and a long period of recovery will be needed once the operations are
complete.
It was learnt that the child’s mother was also born with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot.
According to Dailymail, Doctor Xu Jihai
from No 6 Ningbo Hospital told reporters that the baby’s surgery will be
completed in three phases.
The first phase involves removing the
toes and ensuring that the child is able to walk. Once that is
finished, the second phase involves making thumbs for the infant and
removing additional fingers.
While the third would completely reshape
the child’s fingers. Once the phases are finished, there will be
enough time for Yuanyuan to recover before starting school.
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