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Rare conjoined twins with common heart born at Sion Hosp

Rare conjoined twins with common heart born at Sion Hosp

MUMBAI: A 26-year-old Mahim resident gave birth to a rare kind of conjoined twins, who share a heart and legs but have separate heads, at the civic-run Sion Hospital on Wednesday."These conjoined twins are not the usual type, but have a very complex internal architecture.Externally, they have two separate heads and necks, but a partially common thorax (the part between the neck and the abdomen); and are completely fused below the umbilicus (navel) level," said Sion Hospital dean Dr Suleman Merchant.Their mother (TOI has decided to withhold her name at her request) came to Sion Hospital well into the seventh month of pregnancy.


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Images of Mumbai conjoined twins that doctors say they are 'unlikely to survive'

Images of Mumbai conjoined twins that doctors say they are 'unlikely to survive'

them as they share vital organsDoctors say it will be harder tobrains but share the same heartThese moving pictures show conjoined twins sharing a kiss moments after they were born fused together.Delivered in Mumbai, India, last week, the boys have seperate brains and spinal cords but share all the other vital organs - including the heart, kidneys and liver.Doctors at Sion Hospital have warned the twins are unlikely to survive surgery because of how they are joined.


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3D print of conjoined twins to help docs plan surgery

3D print of conjoined twins to help docs plan surgery

Mumbai: It may take a few more days more before doctors at civic-run Sion Hospital decide on whether to surgically separate the rare, conjoined twins who were born with a single heart on Wednesday.Hospital dean Dr Suleman Merchant told TOI that his team is exploring the feasibility of preparing a 3D model of the twins' entire body for better planning."We will do the 3D printing in such a manner that the body's internal architecture can be seen through a transparent body,'' said Dr Merchant, adding that such a model would make "surgical planning easy ''.