Saturday, April 07, 2007

Twins separated

Conjoined twins separated in Thailand (AP)

U-sa Tiyenjai, top left, and Tavorn Wibulkul, top right, hold their daughters after the conjoined twins were successfully separated, Thursday, April 5, 2007, in Bangkok, Thailand. Thai surgeons at Bangkok's Siriraj Hospital announced Thursday,  that they had successfully separated the Thai female twins Panwad Tiyenjai, left, and Pantawan Tiyenjai, right, who were joined at the heart and liver,  in a ground-breaking operation, conducted on Feb. 20. (AP Photo/Chatchawan Ratanakorn)AP - Thai doctors have successfully separated 8-month-old twin girls who were born joined from chest to abdomen, a Bangkok hospital said Thursday.


No comments: