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Conjoined Twins Share Single Heart

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 09:27:02 CST

Conjoined twins Jesus and Emanuel, born in Brazil on Monday, have two heads with two functioning brains, but just one heart. The condition, dicephalic parapagus, is extremely rare, thought to affect just one in 100,000 pregnancies—and half don’t reach full-term, the BBC reports. Doctors say Jesus and Emanuel,...

Doctors Separate Twins in 18-Hour Surgery

Kate Schwartz — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 09:15:58 CST

For 18 hours beginning yesterday, Chileans were captivated by the fate of 10-month-old conjoined twins Maria Paz and Maria Jose. The AP reports that the country widely followed the marathon surgery to separate the girls, via both television and Internet. And the outcome thus far seems a happy one: Though...

Conjoined Twins Separated

Kate Schwartz — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 09:44:16 CDT

Sisters who spent the first two years of their lives joined at the chest and abdomen have been successfully separated. Yesterday's nearly 10-hour operation at a Stanford hospital began at 6:30am; by about noon Angelina and Angelica Sabuco were no longer conjoined. Some 20 physicians spent the rest of...

Twins Joined at Head Successfully Separated

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 11:01:04 CDT

In a miraculous story out of London, Sudanese twins conjoined at the tops of their heads were successfully separated in risky four-stage operation, officials announced yesterday. Rital and Ritag Gaboura, 11 months old, went through their final separation last month and were “interacting and playing as before” within days, according...

Conjoined Girls Born in China

Kate Schwartz — Tue, 10 May 2011 09:14:05 CDT

Two heads, two spines, one body. Conjoined twin girls were born at a hospital in southwestern China on Thursday. The AP reports that the girls, born to farmers, weighed 9 pounds, measured 20 inches, and share many organs, though they each have their own spine and esophagus. Local media quoted...

Conjoined Palestinian Twins Inseparable, Likely to Die

Sat, 10 Apr 2010 08:34:52 CDT

Saudi Arabia's health minister says conjoined Palestinian twins flown to Riyadh from the Gaza Strip cannot be separated and do not have long to live. The 2-week-old twin girls, joined at the chest, overcame immense obstacles to make it out of the Gaza Strip—including an Israeli blockade, rival Palestinian...

Docs Separate Conjoined Twins in 25-Hour Surgery

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:27:17 CST

Twin Bangladeshi girls who were joined at the top of their heads and shared blood vessels and brain tissue were successfully separated Tuesday in Australia after 25 hours of delicate surgery, hospital officials said. It is too early to know whether the 2-year-olds, Trishna and Krishna, suffered any brain damage...

Conjoined UK Twin Dies After Separation

Sarah Quinn — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:33:00 CST

A British conjoined twin died today, one day after being separated from her sister, the BBC reports. One-week-old Hope Williams’ “lungs were too small to support her breathing and circulation,” the lead surgeon at a London hospital said. Her sister, Faith, is stable but needs more surgery. The twins, born...