Rare conjoined twins have been separated at a world-leading hospital in London, surgeons have announced.
Rare conjoined twins have been separated at a London hospital in a series of operations taking a total of 55 hours.
Two surgeons who successfully separated conjoined twins at Great Ormond Street Hospital are launching a charity to fund research for similar cases
LONDON – Two Siamese twins were separated by the head and with the blood vessels fused together: a surgical marathon in several stages, lasting a total of 55 hours.
In London, two Siamese sisters clinging to the head were separated after 50 hours of operation, the Guardian announced on Monday.
Surgeons in London have successfully separated two sisters who were born joined at the head.
The parents of rare conjoined twins separated at a London hospital declared them ‘almost reborn’ as they made an emotional return to their homeland on Wednesday.
Their parents were told that from their birth, the boys were unlikely to survive. Twin boys from Turkey, joined at the head.