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Doctors Discover 'Parasitic Unborn Twin' In One-Year-Old's Brain
The study said that the child was brought to the hospital after displaying motor function issues and an enlarged head.
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Doctors In Saudi Arabia Separate Yemeni Baby From Twin
A team of doctors in Saudi Arabia has separated a Yemeni baby from her parasitic twin, authorities said, marking their 50th successful operation on conjoined twins.
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Baby Separated From Parasitic Twin After 7-Hour-Long Surgery In Meghalaya
A parasitic twin, attached to the torso of a seven-month-old baby has been surgically removed at after a 7-hour-long surgery at a hospital in Meghalaya's West Garo Hills district, a hospital official said.
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A 10-Month-Old Girl Has Rare Parasitic Twin Removed Surgically From Her Back
The examinations, X-rays and dry runs using a 3D model of her tiny spine all came down to this: A team of surgeons made a careful incision and, over the next six hours, systematically removed an extra pelvis, legs, feet and tiny toes that were protruding from her neck and back.
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Girl Born With 4 Legs Is Separated From Parasitic Twin In Chicago Surgery
A baby girl from the Ivory Coast born with four legs and two spines has been successfully separated from a parasitic twin in a rare and complex surgery at a Chicago hospital.
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Doctors to remove 'parasitic twin' from 3-year-old's stomach
Doctors in Peru have found a "parasitic twin" in the stomach of a 3-year-old boy, and plan to surgically remove the tissue on Monday. Dr. Carlos Astocondor of the medical team at Las Mercedes Hospital in the northern port of Chiclayo says the condition occurs in about one of every 500,000 live births.
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Doctors Discover 'Parasitic Unborn Twin' In One-Year-Old's Brain
The study said that the child was brought to the hospital after displaying motor function issues and an enlarged head.
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Doctors In Saudi Arabia Separate Yemeni Baby From Twin
A team of doctors in Saudi Arabia has separated a Yemeni baby from her parasitic twin, authorities said, marking their 50th successful operation on conjoined twins.
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Baby Separated From Parasitic Twin After 7-Hour-Long Surgery In Meghalaya
A parasitic twin, attached to the torso of a seven-month-old baby has been surgically removed at after a 7-hour-long surgery at a hospital in Meghalaya's West Garo Hills district, a hospital official said.
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A 10-Month-Old Girl Has Rare Parasitic Twin Removed Surgically From Her Back
The examinations, X-rays and dry runs using a 3D model of her tiny spine all came down to this: A team of surgeons made a careful incision and, over the next six hours, systematically removed an extra pelvis, legs, feet and tiny toes that were protruding from her neck and back.
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Girl Born With 4 Legs Is Separated From Parasitic Twin In Chicago Surgery
A baby girl from the Ivory Coast born with four legs and two spines has been successfully separated from a parasitic twin in a rare and complex surgery at a Chicago hospital.
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Doctors to remove 'parasitic twin' from 3-year-old's stomach
Doctors in Peru have found a "parasitic twin" in the stomach of a 3-year-old boy, and plan to surgically remove the tissue on Monday. Dr. Carlos Astocondor of the medical team at Las Mercedes Hospital in the northern port of Chiclayo says the condition occurs in about one of every 500,000 live births.
