LIMA, Peru — Peru’s bright-eyed “little mermaid” — a baby born with legs fused from her thighs to her ankles — giggled and played on her hospital bed yesterday, ahead of a delicate operation to begin ...

LIMA, Peru — Doctors successfully separated the fused legs of a Peruvian baby during a risky, nationally televised operation today, and said they hoped the vivacious, bright-eyed girl would be walking ...

Doctors successfully separated on Wednesday the fused legs of a Peruvian baby girl known as the "Little Mermaid," in a risky operation they hope will help her to walk by her second birthday.

LIMA, Peru Milagros Cerron smiles, babbles and fidgets in the arms of her mother like any healthy 9-month-old, but she is no ordinary baby. Milagros was born with her legs fused in a tight coating of ...

A Peruvian baby dubbed the "Little Mermaid" because she was born with a rare condition in which her legs are fused, will have surgery this month to try to separate them, doctors said. Nine-month-old ...

Peruvian surgeons have performed an initial operation to separate the fused legs of a 9-month-old girl with a rare congenital defect known as sirenomelia, or "mermaid syndrome," her doctor said ...