Operation due on baby born with second head

A team of surgeons made final preparations today to operate on a Dominican infant born with a second head, a risky surgery that doctors say they believe to be the first of its kind.

Operation due on baby born with second head

A team of surgeons made final preparations today to operate on a Dominican infant born with a second head, a risky surgery that doctors say they believe to be the first of its kind.

Led by a Los Angles-based neurosurgeon, the medical team planned to spend about 13 hours today removing Rebeca Martinez’s second head, which has a partially formed brain, ears, eyes and lips.

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