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Friday 21 December 2012

Shocking x-ray shows the complicated procedure facing doctors who successfully separated conjoined twin girls as they made their debut just days before Xmas

The incredible X-ray of conjoined twin girls Allison June and Amelia Lee Tucker shows how complicated a surgery the team of doctors had in front of them when they went into the seven-hour surgery.
The girls were nine-months-old and joined at the chest when they went in, today they made their public debut, showing how the operation went flawlessly.
New York natives Allison June, Amelia Lee, and their parents were introduced at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. More pictures after the cut........

Pediatric surgeon Dr Holly Hedrick says Allison is the smaller but tougher twin. Amelia is the larger twin but she's still in intensive care for now.
Surgeons separated the Tucker girls during a seven-hour operation in November.
The infants had been joined at the lower chest and abdomen. They shared a chest wall, diaphragm, pericardium and liver but are expected to live 'full, healthy and independent lives'.
The surgery was the 21st separation of conjoined twins performed at the hospital. The procedure involved about 40 medical staff members.
The twins’ mother, Shellie Tucker, has kept a blog documenting her daughters’ progress, and just hours after the surgery was completed, she revealed her joy at the successful operation.
'Today it is a time to celebrate, to be thankful, to appreciate, to praise, and to enjoy this weight lifted off our shoulders,' she wrote.

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