Conjoined Twins Seek Life-Saving Surgery in Canada
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Conjoined twins from Zimbabwe will  undergo tests in Toronto to see whether they can survive a  life-saving operation to separate them, Canadian doctors said  on Tuesday.
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Doctors began the first in a series of high-risk surgeries Wednesday to separate 3-year-old twin girls joined at the head.
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Doctors took about an hour Tuesday to separate 7-month-old conjoined twins who were fused at the lower back.
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The Canadian Institute for Health Information says a shortage of donor organs means Canadians are dying while waiting for new hearts.
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Women pregnant with twins, triplets or quadruplets are at greater risk of serious health complications than are women carrying just one fetus, according to a Canadian study published on Wednesday.
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Doctors plan to perform the first in a series of high-risk surgeries on Wednesday to separate 3-year-old twin girls joined at the head.
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia  - Twin girls born last year joined at the head are developing normally, but it is still too early to decide if they can or will be physically separated, Canadian doctors said on Thursday.
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Surgery for children with genital abnormalities was once automatic. Now, parents are involved, and the choices are complex.
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Orphaned Bangladeshi conjoined twins have survived an initial operation, but it will be another six months before they can be separated, the Australian charity looking after them said Tuesday.
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The Philippine conjoined twins who were separated in a New York hospital on August 4 after months of operations left the hospital for rehabilitation Monday.
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A twin who survived a surgical separation last week from her sister went back into the operating room at Johns Hopkins Children&#39;s Center for several hours of reconstructive surgery on her head and scalp.
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Pregnant women considering a  cesarean section, with no clear medical reason for it, should  know that the procedure is not without risk, Canadian doctors  caution in a report published this week.
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BALTIMORE Sept. 16, 2004 - One of the year-old conjoined twin girls who underwent surgery to separate their heads died shortly after the procedure was completed, a spokeswoman for the Johns Hopkins Children&#39;s Center said early Thursday.
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DALLAS Oct. 12, 2004 - One year ago, twin Egyptian boys born joined at the tops of their heads were separated after a 34-hour procedure that doctors warned could have resulted in the death of one or both.
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Doctors successfully separated Iraqi conjoined twins after 20 hours of surgery in the Saudi capital, the leading surgeon said Sunday.
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A pair of adult conjoined twins, a gravely ill newborn and George's lovable, cancer-stricken dad kept the medical staff hopping on this week's episode of "Grey's Anatomy."
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One of the conjoined year-old twin German girls who underwent separation surgery has died, a spokeswoman for the Johns Hopkins Children's Center said early Thursday.