Surgeons successfully separate conjoined twins

Doctors in the US have successfully separated four-year-old twin sisters born fused at the midsection, with just one kidney and one set of legs, and were continuing with reconstruction surgery.

Surgeons successfully separate conjoined twins

Doctors in the US have successfully separated four-year-old twin sisters born fused at the midsection, with just one kidney and one set of legs, and were continuing with reconstruction surgery.

Doctors at Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah, said it was the first known surgical attempt to separate twins with a shared kidney.

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