Conjoined twins successfully separated at Texas hospital

Texas doctors separate conjoined twins after 11-hour "historic surgery"

Jan 25, 2023 by CBS News

Key Facts

  • January 25, 2023 / 2:55 PM / CBS News A pair of conjoined twins were successfully separated during a complex procedure that marked a surgical first for the Fort Worth, Texas, pediatric hospital where it took place on Monday.
  • The infants, AmieLynn Rose and JamieLynn Rae Finley, "are recovering well," officials at the hospital, Cook Children's Medical Center, wrote in a news release describing what they called a "historic surgery."
  • At the time of their birth, the twins were joined along their abdomens and shared skin, muscle and intra-abdominal organs, including a liver, according to Cook Children's Medical Center.
  • "This is a historic, amazing day," said Wini King, senior vice president and chief of communications, diversity, equity and inclusion for the Cook Children's Health Care System, at a news conference held on Wednesday.

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