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03-26-2010, 02:05 PM
Docs Remove Boy's 11 Extra Toes And Fingers
5:44am UK, Friday March 26, 2010
Laura Holmes, Sky News Online
A six-year-old Chinese boy has undergone surgery to remove an extra five fingers and six toes.
Li Jinpeng was born with 15 fingers and 16 toes - seven fingers on his left hand, eight on his right and eight toes on each foot.
It took doctors five hours in the operating theatre to remove Li's extra digits.
Surgeon Tian Lijie said: "We have successfully completed the operation as anticipated.
"The shape of Li's fingers and toes improved greatly."
http://news.sky.com/sky-news/content/StaticFile/jpg/2010/Mar/Week4/15582506.jpg Li Jinpeng
Medical staff believe his condition may have been caused by genetic mutation of problems during pregnancy.
His parents had been advised to wait until the boy was older before he had surgery.
But Li was bullied at school over his extra fingers and toes with many classmates branding him a monster.
His parents felt the time had come for him to go under the knife.
Dr Lijie said that the boy would begin rehabilitation in a month.
His parents say he is looking forward to fitting his feet into a pair of shoes.
Is this a freak of nature or pollution. Maybe, just a thought, some readers may have been drinking. Ah Allah forbid.
5:44am UK, Friday March 26, 2010
Laura Holmes, Sky News Online
A six-year-old Chinese boy has undergone surgery to remove an extra five fingers and six toes.
Li Jinpeng was born with 15 fingers and 16 toes - seven fingers on his left hand, eight on his right and eight toes on each foot.
It took doctors five hours in the operating theatre to remove Li's extra digits.
Surgeon Tian Lijie said: "We have successfully completed the operation as anticipated.
"The shape of Li's fingers and toes improved greatly."
http://news.sky.com/sky-news/content/StaticFile/jpg/2010/Mar/Week4/15582506.jpg Li Jinpeng
Medical staff believe his condition may have been caused by genetic mutation of problems during pregnancy.
His parents had been advised to wait until the boy was older before he had surgery.
But Li was bullied at school over his extra fingers and toes with many classmates branding him a monster.
His parents felt the time had come for him to go under the knife.
Dr Lijie said that the boy would begin rehabilitation in a month.
His parents say he is looking forward to fitting his feet into a pair of shoes.
Is this a freak of nature or pollution. Maybe, just a thought, some readers may have been drinking. Ah Allah forbid.