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They should leave it alone until he is old enough to decide if he wants it removed or not, he might want to enjoy the perks of an extra arm

I doubt that anyone who is sane enough would want to have an extra pair of arms. And this has nothing to do with the practical benefits of it or functionality.

Update:

SHANGHAI, China (AP) -- Doctors on Tuesday successfully removed an unusually well-formed third arm from a two-month-old Chinese boy.

Neither of the boy's two left arms is fully functional, but doctors decided to remove the one growing closer to his chest after tests showed it was less developed, said Dr. Chen Bochang, head of the orthopedics department at Shanghai Children's Medical Center.

"The surgery was quite successful," Chen said following the three-hour operation.

"Now we're just waiting for the patient to wake up.

The boy, identified only as "Jie-jie," would require long-term physical therapy to build strength in the hand on his remaining arm, Chen said.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/06/0...m.ap/index.html

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