Doctors separate conjoined twins in 20-hour operation
China Daily | Updated: 2011-12-16 08:14
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In this image taken from a video released by Luis Calvo Mackenna Hospital, conjoined twins Maria Paz and Maria Jose Paredes Navarrete are seen prior to a surgery to separate them in Santiago, Chile, on Tuesday. Chilean doctors separated the 10-month-old conjoined twins who were joined at the thorax, abdomen and pelvis after a 20-hour operation. Luis Calvo Mackenna Hospital / Associated Press |
SANTIAGO, Chile - Chilean doctors successfully separated conjoined twin girls in a marathon 20-hour surgery, saying on Wednesday that the operation went extremely well despite challenges.
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