Baby born with four legs undergoes successful surgery

Surgeons at Advocate Children’s Hospital in Park Ridge, Illinois, have performed a successful operation on a baby from the Ivory Coast born with two spines and an extra set of legs attached to her neck.

According to the Chicago Tribune, 10-month-old Dominique’s rare condition was caused by being born with a parasitic twin who never fully developed. A team of five surgeons had to separate bone, blood vessels and nerves during the six-hour operation on March 8, but reported it was a success and Dominique is now recovering at a foster home in Chicago.

"While it's not something that this hospital has done before, we certainly had the confidence we could plan and perform this surgery and have a good outcome at the end," said Robert Kellogg, MD, a neurosurgeon at Advocate. "We really do have the capacity to care for these very complicated patients that have a lot of needs."

For more on the procedure and pictures of Dominique before she had the extra legs removed, click on the link below: