RUSSIAN doctors have revealed how they saved a baby born with three legs after the mum refused to have an abortion.

Remarkable images show the Russian boy before and after surgery to remove the extra limb.

6 A baby boy was born with an extra leg and two penises in Russia Credit: East2west News

6 The mother declined an abortion and the child was delivered in a natural birth, say reports. Credit: East2west News

Medics in Moscow believe the third leg, with two heels, came from a twin that did not fully develop in the mother’s womb.

The additional limb was located between the two normal legs and the child was also born with two sets of genitals and double urinary systems but no anus.

The additional leg was spotted during a routine scan on the unnamed mother who lives in Russia.

The mother declined an abortion and the child was delivered in a natural birth, say reports.

An urgent operation was carried out after birth to allow the child to defecate.

One month later the boy’s middle leg was removed at Holy Vladimir Children Hospital in Moscow by one of Russia’s top paediatric surgeons Professor Yury Sokolov, 55, accompanied by Dr Evgenia Kartseva.

The baby was born in July last year but the case is only revealed now.

6 The additional leg was spotted during a routine scan on the unidentified mother who lives in a provincial Russian region. Credit: East2west News

6 One of Russia’s top paediatric surgeons, Professor Yury Sokolov, removed the extra limb, Credit: East2west News

6 In February this year urologists removed the child’s additional genitals and second set of urinary organs. Credit: East2west News

6 Following the surgeries, the boy is now walking and can look forward to a normal life. Credit: East2west News

In February this year urologists removed the child’s additional genitals and second set of urinary organs.

The baby then had surgery to shape the anus in the correct location.

“Most likely, at the beginning these were twins,” said a medical source.

“The middle leg had two heels.

“These had to be two boys, but (in the womb) it turned into just one baby.”

Following the surgeries, the boy is now walking and can look forward to a normal life.

One further operation is needed in three months to allow for the normal use of the anus, say the medics.

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A Moscow health department source said: “The boy is 14 months old now.

"He is walking and looking around at the world.

“He is curious.”

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