Twins AmieLynn Rose and JamieLynn Rae Finley were born connected at the abdomen and shared a liver. Doctors at the Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth separated the pair.
and development, and to grow as the unique, individual little girls that they have been since birth, regardless of their physical connection as conjoined twins," Dr. Jose L. Iglesias, medical director of pediatric surgery at Cook Children’s Medical Center, said in a statement.The Cook Children’s Medical Center reported that doctors who wore purple scrub hats worked on JamieLynn while doctors who wore green scrub hats worked on Amie Lynn.
AmieLynn and JamieLynn were omphalopagus twins – meaning they were joined at the abdomen and shared one or more internal organs. The sisters"were joined from the lower part of the breastbone to their bellybutton" and they reportedly shared a liver, according to Cook Children’s Medical Center’s press release.
Iglesias, who was the lead surgeon for AmieLynn and JamieLynn, worked with the larger Cook Children’s Medical Center team to complete body scans, anatomy models, surgery maps, simulations, operation room preparation and surgical choreography rehearsals.
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