The Chinese baby born with three arms has had one of them successfully amputated by surgeons today. Two-month-old Jie-Jie was born with two partially functional left arms on April 1 at a small hospital in Anhui Province.
Doctors decided to remove the arm closest to his chest because it was less developed than the other one.
Dr Chen Bochang, from Shanghai's Children's Medical Centre, performed the surgery and hailed it a success.
He said: “The surgery was quite successful, now we’re just waiting for the patient to wake up.”
Dr Chen said his case was "quite peculiar", adding: "We have no record of any child with such a complete third arm."
Jie-Jie is reported to have just one kidney and may have problems that could lead to curvature of the spine.
Dr Chen's hospital is one of China's most experienced in dealing with unusual birth defects, including separating conjoined twins.
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