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Conjoined twins to undergo separation surgery

The Board of Directors of the National Children’s Hospital held a consultation on May 30 with the participation of professionals from various faculties to examine options of a coming surgery to separate conjoined twins from Lao Cai.

Conjoined twins head home nearly three months after separation

Sixteen-month-old conjoined twins Truc Nhi and Dieu Nhi were discharged from hospital on October 7, 84 days after their 12-hour separation surgery.

Loving photos show conjoined twins after removal of leg cast

Doctors have removed the casts from the legs of conjoined twins Hoang Truc Nhi and Hoang Dieu Nhi after a month and a half, therefore allowing them to prepare to take their very first steps in life.

Conjoined twins separated at Children’s Hospital II

 VietNamNet Bridge – Conjoined twins joined at the coccyx area were successfully separated at the Children’s Hospital II, announced the hospital officials at a press conference on Wednesday. 

Conjoined twins scheduled for microsurgery

 VietNamNet Bridge – A pair of conjoined twins will be separated during microsurgery by doctors at HCM City Paediatrics Hospital No.2 when the twins are three months old, a doctor said yesterday.  

Conjoined twins successfully separated in Hanoi

 VietNamNet Bridge – Doctors at the Central Paediatrics Hospital in Hanoi on February 27 successfully separated two conjoined babies in an operation that lasted nearly three hours.

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An Giang mother gives birth to conjoined twins

 VietNamNet Bridge – A woman in the southern province of An Giang gave birth to twins who conjoined at the chest on February 23.

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Good news for separated twins

 VietNamNet Bridge – One baby could grip his mother’s finger and the other could cry. Doctors said that these are good signs.

Separation of complicated conjoined twins complete successfully

 VietNamNet Bridge - After nearly 12 hours in the operating room, doctors of the Children’s Hospital 2 in Ho Chi Minh City completed the separation of two boys conjoined at the heart and liver.

Conjoined twins to be separated in HCM City

 VietNamNet Bridge – About 70 Vietnamese surgeons, anaesthesiologists and doctors on November 26 conducted an operation on conjoined twins fused from the upper thorax to lower belly.

Kon Tum: Conjoined twins separated successfully

 VietNamNet Bridge - The surgery lasted nearly two hours on the morning of July 9, successfully separating two conjoined twin girls in the Central Highlands of Kon Tum.

Conjoined twins born by normal delivery method

 VietNamNet Bridge – Welcoming the first baby, doctors of the Kon Tum Province Hospital were surprised to find out the second baby being conjoined with the first at the abdomen and in the breech position.