- Title: INDIA: Doctors successfully separate conjoined twins
- Date: 2nd July 2010
- Summary: (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) DINESH AGRAHARI, A SURGEON, SAYING: "They are one-day-old infants, both of them boys, joined by stomach, and they are called conjoined twins. Some parts of their body were joined. They had a common liver, some common intestines, which needed to be separated. They had separate hearts, which were joined by thick veins - this was most challenging aspect of the operation."
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- Location: India
- Country: India
- Topics: Health
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- Story Text: Doctors in Allahabad city of India's northern Uttar Pradesh state successfully separated day-old conjoined twins through surgery on Sunday (August 01).
The infants have been kept in intensive care unit (ICU).
A team of seven doctors, specialising in various aspects of anatomy operated on the twins, who shared some common organs.
"They are one-day-old infants, both of them boys, joined by stomach, and they are called conjoined twins. Some parts of their body were joined. They had a common liver, some common intestines, which needed to be separated. They had separate hearts, which were joined by thick veins - this was most challenging aspect of the operation," said Dinesh Agrahari, a surgeon.
The parents were reported delighted with the success of the surgery and thanked the doctors.
Conjoined twins occur roughly once in every 50,000 births and few are born alive or live long.
For twins who undergo surgery, one or both often die after the operation, and the rate of survival beyond the age of two is just 20 percent. - Copyright Holder: ANI (India)
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