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Surgery to separate baby conjoined twins successful

SINGAPORE doctors successfully separated two South Korean baby girls joined at the spine yesterday, barely two weeks after conjoined Iranian sisters died in an attempt to part them, attracting world attention.

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Singapore surgeons separate conjoined twins

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Conjoined twins die after being separated

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Surgeons in tears as co-joined twins die

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Surgeons clear major hurdle in twins op

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Surgeons separating twins finish dangerous step

'Critical stage' in bid to separate Iranian twins

Neurosurgeons performing a dangerous operation to separate Iranian sisters joined at the head grappled today with rerouting a vein as thick as a finger that helps blood flow through the twins’ brains.

Mon, 07 Jul, 2003

Dangerous operation to separate conjoined twins

A PAIR of 29-year-old Iranian twin sisters who are joined at the head began a marathon operation yesterday which could finally separate them — or kill them both.

Mon, 07 Jul, 2003

Marathon op starts to separate conjoined twins

A pair of 29-year-old Iranian twin sisters who are joined at the head began a marathon operation today that could finally separate them – or kill them.

Sun, 06 Jul, 2003

Adult Siamese twins face four day separation operation

Ladan and Laleh Bijani, 29-year-old Iranian twins born joined at the head, will walk into a Singapore operating room on Sunday and sit down for separation surgery that is expected to last days and could kill one or both of them.

Thu, 03 Jul, 2003