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Article: Conjoined Twins Born At Naval Hospital; Girls Described As Stable, Healthy
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- The Washington Post
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- March 4, 2004
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A set of rare conjoined twins were delivered last week at the
National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda. The girls, who are joined
at the abdomen, were described as stable and healthy two days after
their birth Feb. 26.
At the parents' request, the hospital has not released further or
more recent information on their condition.
The two girls were delivered by Caesarean section at 34 weeks of
gestational age, about six weeks short of full term. A three-person
surgical team and a neonatologist attended the births, the first
delivery of conjoined twins at the naval hospital. There were no
complications, a hospital spokesman said.
The girls' livers and diaphragms are fused. They also share a ...