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Conjoined Twins Set for Surgery in Australia
Trishna and Krishna, now almost three years old, have undergone a series of delicate operations to separate the blood flow to their brains since a charity first brought them to Australia two years ago.
A team of 16 specialists will work for 16 hours from early morning until midnight to part the pair in Melbourne on Monday, in what lead surgeon Wirginia Maixner said was a high-stakes procedure.
"We gave the odds of one in four chances of the girls dying and one in two chances of them coming through but having a significant deficit," Maixner told state radio.
"There is always a risk that something could happen, either or both twins could die," she added.
Doctors would separate the section of brain and remaining blood supply connecting the twins as well as a small amount of bone and skin, with a risk of "serious brain injury" were things to go wrong, she said.
"We have a team of plastic surgeons who will then replace bone that's missing and close the skin over the top," Maixner said.
Krishna had been "at death's door" when the twins arrived in Australia but Maixner said despite kidney troubles she and her twin were now thriving, and doctors were optimistic of a good outcome.
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11/15/2009
good work and progress in health care..
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