Hermaphrodite turned into boy

Trieste - Italian doctors in Trieste have carried out an operation to turn a five-year-old child, born with some female and male…

Trieste - Italian doctors in Trieste have carried out an operation to turn a five-year-old child, born with some female and male sex organs, into a boy.

"A variety of different factors were taken into consideration for the choice of which sex should prevail," said Dr Eberardo Chiella and Dr Luigi Paduano, who carried out the nine-hour operation.

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