Conjoined twins begin difficult separation surgeries ever!

A set of conjoined twins are undergoing one of the riskiest separations surgeries ever performed. Two-year-olds Eva and Erika Sandoval share a digestive system, a uterus, a liver, a bladder, and a third leg with a seven-toed foot. On Tuesday at 7am, they were wheeled into the operating theater at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford […]

A set of conjoined twins are undergoing one of the riskiest separations surgeries ever performed. Two-year-olds Eva and Erika Sandoval share a digestive system, a uterus, a liver, a bladder, and a third leg with a seven-toed foot. On Tuesday at 7am, they were wheeled into the operating theater at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford for what was expected to be an 18-hour operation. The surgery – involving 50 orthopedic, plastic, and urology surgeons – carries a 30 percent risk that one or both of them won’t make it.

 

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