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  • Surgeons Separate Iranian Twins, Both in Critical Condition

    07/08/2003 12:47:34 AM PDT · by LibWhacker · 3 replies · 140+ views
    AP, tbo.com ^ | 7/8/03
    Surgeons Separate Iranian Twins, Both in Critical Condition SINGAPORE (AP) - Neurosurgeons on Tuesday finished separating two 29-year-old Iranian twins joined at the head, who were in critical condition after the procedure, a hospital spokesman said. "We should pray very hard for them," Dr. Prem Kumar said. The surgery will last for at least another 24 hours as a team of plastic surgeons graft tissue taken from the twins' thighs to cover their brains to protect them, Kumar said. The team of doctors had to contend with unstable pressure levels inside the twins' brains just before they worked to uncouple...