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Article: Conjoined Twins Undergoing 3rd Operation
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- February 21, 2004
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JIM FITZGERALD, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
02-21-2004
Dateline: NEW YORK
Pediatric anesthesiologist Carlene Broderick, center, leads her team in preparing conjoined twins Carl and Clarence Aguirre for surgery at The Children's Hospital at Montefiore in the Bronx borough of New York, Friday, Feb. 20, 2004. (AP Photo/Montefiore Mediacl Center, Alice Attie)
Twins from the Philippines joined at the tops of their heads survived their third major operation Friday, the riskiest yet in the long process of giving them separate lives.
After a nine-hour operation, 22-month-old Carl and Clarence Aguirre were wheeled to the pediatric critical care unit to begin adjusting to rerouted circulation ...