Baby with 3 arms may have surgery
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Doctors in Shanghai on Tuesday were considering surgery options for a two-month old boy born with an unusually well-formed third arm.
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No baby as tiny as 8.6 ounces had ever survived before Rumaisa Rahman was born Sept. 19. Although no bigger than a cell phone, Rumaisa still had some things in her favor, doctors at Loyola University Medical
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Doctors said they expect to perform reconstructive surgery for about 11 hours Thursday on a 4-year-old Kenyan boy who lost much of the left half of his face when he was mauled at birth by dogs in his home country.
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Surgeons in Peru prepare an operation to separate the legs of a girl born with "mermaid syndrome".
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By LINDA A. JOHNSON     -- An obese Massachusetts woman and her 8-month-old fetus died of complications 18 months after stomach-stapling surgery, an apparent first that is leading to warnings about the risks of pregancy soon after the surgery...
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AMMAN, Jordan -- Noor Sabah, an Iraqi toddler, was born without a jawbone on the right side of her face, causing a horrible deformity that affects her hearing, eating, and language development.
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Surgery for children with genital abnormalities was once automatic. Now, parents are involved, and the choices are complex.
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They are fused mid-torso, sharing a kidney, a liver, a pelvis, a pair of legs and part of the large intestines. On Monday, a team of surgeons will try to separate 4-year-old Kendra and Maliyah Herrin in an operation that could take 14 to 30 hours. Doctors at Primary Children's Medical Center say it is the first known separation surgery attempted on twins with a shared kidney.
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Swaddling soothes babies, but the wrong kind of wrapping can lead to hip problems.
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At about 10 am Tuesday, the heart of a 2-month-old boy began beating inside the chest of Abigail Patrick, 4 months, during the transplant surgery at Vanderbilt University Children&#39;s Hospital.
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The birth simulator has now been used to determine the best way to deliver a baby whose shoulders become stuck in the birth canal.
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NEW YORK  - New data suggests that women   who have undergone a successful surgery to repair congenital   heart defects can become pregnant, but they may have clinically   significant complications.
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NEW YORK  - The findings from a new study  suggest that hernias that develop during pregnancy can often be  safely repaired at the time of cesarean section, thereby  avoiding the need for another surgical procedure.
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A 15-year-old Haitian girl who once suffered from a massive tumor-like growth that had engulfed her face underwent a third surgery that included reconstruction on her eyes, nose and upper lip, a doctor said Friday.
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A 4-year-old girl who was separated from her twin sister last month in a 26-hour operation will undergo additional surgery Wednesday, a hospital spokeswoman said.
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Doctors in India begin surgery on two-year old girl who was born with four arms and four legs.
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Thirteen-month-old baby leaves hospital after undergoing pioneering life-saving treatment.