Only five to eight conjoined twins worldwide survive the first few days after birth.
Doctors at Cooks Children’s Medical Center this week successfully separated the sisters AmieLynn Rose and JamieLynn Rae Finley during a complex 11-hour procedure that marked a surgical first for the Fort Worth pediatric hospital.successfully separated
The girls were born prematurely on Oct. 3 to Fort Worth parents Amanda Arciniega and James Finley. At a 34-week gestation, weighing 4 pounds, 7.8 ounces at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital in Fort Worth.The surgery was carried out on Monday by a 25-person medical team. The sisters shared a liver and were joined at the lower half of the breastbone to their belly buttons.Doctors at Cook Children's Hospital in Forth Worth successfully separated 4-month-old conjoined twins on January 23.
Doctors at Cooks Children’s Medical Center this week successfully separated the sisters AmieLynn Rose and JamieLynn Rae Finley during a complex 11-hour procedure that marked a surgical first for the Fort Worth pediatric hospital.Doctors at Cooks Children’s Medical Center this week successfully separated the sisters AmieLynn Rose and JamieLynn Rae Finley during a complex 11-hour procedure that marked a surgical first for the Fort Worth pediatric hospital.
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