Bangladesh ‘Tree Man’ Undergoes First Operation, Might Need More

Bangladesh ‘Tree Man’ Undergoes First Operation, Might Need More
Bangladeshi man Abdul Bajander rests a day after a surgery at Dhaka Medical College Hospital in Dhaka on Feb. 21, 2016. A Bangladeshi man dubbed tree man due to large bark-like warts growing on his hands and feet underwent successful surgery on Feb. 20 to remove some of the growths. Munir uz Zaman/AFP/Getty Images
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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A man from Bangladesh, called the “tree man,” underwent a successful surgery to remove the bark-like warts growing on his body---namely on his hands.

According to the AFP news agency, he might need several more operations. The first surgery on five fingers of his right hand was successfully done on Feb. 20

Doctors operated on Abul Bajandar’s right hand to remove some of the smaller growths, which is his second operation, Dhaka Medical College Hospital facility director Samanta Lal Sen told AFP

(Munir uz Zaman/AFP/Getty Images)
Munir uz Zaman/AFP/Getty Images
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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