Showing posts with label Head Cojoined Twins; All India Institute of Medical Science Hospital. Show all posts
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Friday, October 27, 2017

Indian Doctors Separate Twins Joined At The Head

The two-year-old conjoined twins suffered a rare condition occurring once in about 2.5 million births
Doctors in India have successfully separated conjoined twin boys who were attached at the skull in a marathon surgical procedure that lasted more than 36 hours and involved 40 doctors.
The twins were born in a village in the eastern state of Orissa with shared blood vessels and some shared brain tissue