World-first operation in Melbourne could change girl's life

Choity Khatunto Source: SBS

Surgeons at Melbourne's Monash Children's Hospital have completed complex, world-first reconstructive surgery on a two-year-old girl.

And as just one part of the seven-hour operation, doctors have successfully removed the third leg the young Bangladeshi patient was born with.

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