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NEWS ABOUT: conjoined twins

conjoined twins stories: 12 news summaries

 Docs Separate 
 Conjoined Twins 
 in 25-Hour Surgery 

Aussie surgeons still unsure if girls will survive

Nov 16, 09 10:27 PM CST
(AP) - Twin Bangladeshi girls who were joined at the top of their heads and shared blood vessels and brain tissue were successfully separated Tuesday in Australia after 25 hours of delicate surgery, hospital officials said. It is too early to know whether the 2-year-olds, Trishna and Krishna, suffered any brain damage... More »

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 Conjoined UK Twin 
 Dies After Separation 

Lung failure dooms week-old Hope Williams; sister Faith in stable condition

Dec 3, 08 10:33 AM CST
(Newser) - A British conjoined twin died today, one day after being separated from her sister, the BBC reports. One-week-old Hope Williams’ “lungs were too small to support her breathing and circulation,” the lead surgeon at a London hospital said. Her sister, Faith, is stable but needs more surgery. The... More »

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Surgery Looms for Teen
Mom's Conjoined Newborns

Brit parents refused to
abort Faith and Hope

Nov 30, 08 6:07 AM CST
(Newser) - A medical decision will be made this week on when and how to separate the conjoined newborns of an 18-year-old London mom. The baby girls are joined from chest to navel and share a liver, but have two hearts, reports the Daily Mail. "They're little fighters," said the... More »

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'One in a Million' Conjoined Birds Found in Arkansas

Pair dies after landowner rescues them fallen from tree

Jul 18, 08 8:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - A pair of barn swallows born joined at the hip are being sent to the Smithsonian Institute for study, the AP reports. An Arkansas landowner found them fallen out of a tree this week and kept them for a day, but they refused to eat and died. Conjoined birds are... More »

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conjoined twins • Arkansas • birds • scientific discoveries • animal • discovery • Smithsonian Insitution

 8-Limbed Girl Learns to Walk 

2-year-old recovering well from marathon surgery to remove parasitic twin

Jun 22, 08 5:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - A 2-year-old Indian girl born with eight limbs and worshiped as an incarnation of a Hindu goddess is learning to walk after surgery last fall, CNN reports. Doctors say that Lakshmi Tatma continues to recover from the marathon 27-hour operation that severed a parasitic twin, but that her organs are... More »

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India • twins • conjoined twins • Rajasthan • Lakshmi

8-Limbed Indian Tot Walking

3 months after
her surgery,
delighted Lakshmi
takes first steps

Feb 19, 08 5:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Three months after she underwent an intensive, 27-hour hour operation to remove her parasitic twin's four limbs, 2-year-old Indian tot Lakshmi Tatma, is beginning to walk with assistance, reports the Daily Telegraph. "When she was put in the baby walker she started pushing herself backwards with her legs and... More »

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India • surgery • conjoined twins • Bangalore • Lakshmi Tatma

Girl Born With
8 Limbs Gets
to Go Home

Doctors say little Lakshmi in India
is doing well

Dec 15, 07 3:35 PM CST
(Newser) - The 2-year-old girl whose extra limbs were removed in a marathon surgery left a Bangalore hospital today for home. Doctors say Lakshmi Tata, born with four arms and four legs from a conjoined twin, will recover, but they cautioned she will need more surgery, BBC reports. "Lakshmi is normal,... More »

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India • surgery • conjoined twins • Bangalore • Lakshmi Tatma • Hindu goddess

Lakshmi Makes First Post-Op Appearance

'So far, so good,' says doc who removed Indian girl's extra limbs

Nov 13, 07 2:58 PM CST
(Newser) - Nearly a week after the marathon surgery to remove her two extra arms and legs, 2-year-old Lakshmi Tatma made her first public appearance today, the AP reports. The girl appeared healthy and alert before the Indian media, although her legs are in casts and doctors say she will need additional... More »

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India • surgery • conjoined twins • Lakshmi

Girl Born With
8 Limbs Awake and Smiling

Indian toddler regains consciousness,
wiggles toes

Nov 9, 07 4:16 PM CST
(Newser) - Two days after surgery to remove her extra arms, legs, and organs, 2-year old Lakshmi regained consciousness in a Bangalore hospital today and gave the first tentative signs that she's on her way to recovery. She even smiled at her parents and wiggled her toes, the AP reports. Doctors took... More »

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India • surgery • conjoined twins • Lakshmi • Bangalore

8-Limbed
Girl's Surgery
a Success

Toddler revered as Hindu goddess stable after 27-hour operation

Nov 7, 07 6:37 AM CST
(Newser) - Doctors successfully completed an extremely complicated 27-hour surgery on an eight-limbed Indian toddler whose village reveres her as a goddess. Lakshmi Tatma, 2, was born entangled with an incompletely developed headless twin sister. "Beyond our expectations, the reconstruction worked wonderfully well," said one of the surgeons. Doctors removed... More »

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India • surgery • conjoined twins • Bangalore

Indian Docs Try to Help Girl With 8 Limbs

Surgery begins on 2-year-old with
rare medical condition

Nov 6, 07 10:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Doctors in India have begun marathon surgery on a 2-year-old girl who was born with four arms and four legs, the BBC reports. Lakshmi Tatma's extra limbs are from an incompletely developed conjoined twin; her condition has drawn worldwide attention. More than 30 surgeons will work in shifts on what... More »

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India • surgery • conjoined twins • Lakshmi • Bangalore

Conjoined Twins Are Freed

Thai twins joined at
the heart and liver healthy after surgery separates them

Apr 6, 07 9:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - A pair of conjoined twins attached at the liver and the heart are alive and separate after a surgery Bangkok's Siriraj Hospital calls a "world first." The 10-month-old girls' hearts were joined at the atrium, and the blood flow was connected,  but the organs were not dependent... More »

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