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10-months-old conjoined twins undergo 26-hour separation surgery at Texas hospital. Doctors say they're doing well. Gavino Garay reports.
Sana'a (Yemen), Feb 6 (EFE/EPA), (Camera: Yahya Arhab).- Two conjoined twins children aged one and a half months were transferred on Saturday to Jordan from Sana'a after the Shiite Houthi authorities agreed to travel to Amman after refusing the Saudis medical evacuation to their country due to disagreements, which has delayed their surgery. Yasser al Bukhaiti, the children's father who accompanied them with his wife, told Efe before boarding the plane to Jordan at Sana'a airport how difficult the days have been since the children, who share a liver and pancreas, were born.FOOTAGE OF THE EVACUATION AT SANA'A AIRPORT. INCLUDES FOOTAGE OF AN INTERVIEW WITH YASSER AL-BUKHAITI (FATHER OF THE TWINS) BEFORE THE EVACUATION. - TRANSLATION: "It is very complicated for me to describe my emotions of this month because of the procedures and the stress I went through. I didn't know if we will travel abroad or not, if the operation will be successful, or if the children will continue to live".
Bangladeshi twins born conjoined at the skull will undergo a difficult and potentially dangerous operation to separate them, surgeons said Wednesday as they appealed for help from global medical experts. IMAGES
Two formerly conjoined baby boys named Jadon and Anias McDonald met each other for the first time after a being surgically separated nine weeks ago. The twins began their rehabilitation in Blythedale Children's Hospital in Mount Pleasant, New York state on Thursday. The 15 month-old baby boys, who were conjoined at the brain and skull, were separated in New York City at the Montefiore Medical Center during a 20-hour operation that lasted from October 13 - 14. The hospital said that although the boys contracted infections following surgery, they are in stable condition; eating, breathing and interacting independently.
Doctors witnessed an extremely rare birth as conjoined twins were born in Gaza City's al-Shifa Medical Centre on Tuesday at 11:00 AM local time. The twins, whose gender has not yet been revealed, are the first such case in many years. They have two heads and two hearts, which beat simultaneously, but have one set of arms and legs. Due to their condition, the twins have a slim chance of surviving and are currently under intensive life support. Dr. Allam Abu Hamda, the head of the nursery at al-Shifa Medical, made clear just how rare this type of birth is. Although the condition is extremely rare, these twins are not the first set of conjoined siblings ever delivered in Gaza. Conjoined girls named Rital and Ritaj were born in the region on March 27 2010, but died shortly after being rushed to Saudi Arabia for specialist treatment. About half of conjoined twins are delivered stillborn, and the overall survival rate of is between 5 and 25 percent.
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