These 3-month-old twins may grow up to be inseparable, but they will never again be conjoined.
Three-month-old conjoined twins were successfully separated in a “historic surgery” at a Texas hospital on Monday.
“A team of 25 medical professionals, including 6 surgeons, carefully performed this historic surgery, while parents Amanda Arciniega and James Finley patiently waited for news of their separation,” the hospital said in a Wednesday news release.AmieLynn and JamieLynn of Fort Worth were born prematurely Oct. 3 joined from the lower part of the breastbone to their belly button. The two sisters shared a liver.
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