Doctors at the Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne began to separate conjoined twins from Bangladesh. The girls, who were born just over a year ago are merged their heads in the neck. Group of neurosurgeons, cardiac surgeons and specialists in plastic surgery, tells the children not only the skull, but also shared blood vessels. For the blood supply to the brain According to the predictions of doctors, this may require a minimum of four operations. Separation of children decided in several stages for fear that they can not survive through many hours of operation. According to doctors will increase the gradual separation survival of patients with 40 to 75 percent. The first surgery, in which surgeons place successfully separated the brain, linking into the bloodstream of children at the end of last week. The next operation is to take in the next six weeks. Subsequent phases of the division will last for about six months. Abandoned by their parents at birth sister were flown to Australia from an orphanage in Bangladesh charities. If left untreated, may die, the twins soon. Backflow of blood through the veins of the general out of the brain has led to violations of the heart in one of the girls. Charitable Foundation, Children First Foundation, which paid previously for the treatment of children of 250 thousand dollars, has announced additional donations. To pay for the post-operative rehabilitation of twins need to collect about 150 thousand dollars.
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