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ROSARIO, Argentina – It took three surgeries and hundreds of man-hours but Ervina and Prefina, two-year-old conjoined twins from the Central African Republic, were successfully separated in the pope’s pediatric hospital in Rome, the institution announced Tuesday.
Joined at the skull, the sisters were born with what doctors at the Vatican-owned Bambino Gesu Pediatric Hospital called “one of the rarest and most complex forms of cranial and cerebral fusion.”
The separation took 18 hours and involved 30 specialists, and was completed a month ago, on June 5. The hospital says both girls are doing fine and they’re expected to be able to make a full recovery, although the risk of infection is still present. The girls will have to wear special helmets for a few months to prevent damage to their skulls.
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Conjoined twins separated at Vatican-owned hospital
Joined at the skull, the sisters were born with what doctors at the Vatican-owned Bambino Gesu Pediatric Hospital called “one of the rarest and most complex forms of cranial and cerebral fusion.”
The separation took 18 hours and involved 30 specialists, and was completed a month ago, on June 5. The hospital says both girls are doing fine and they’re expected to be able to make a full recovery, although the risk of infection is still present. The girls will have to wear special helmets for a few months to prevent damage to their skulls.
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Conjoined twins separated at Vatican-owned hospital
