Conjoined Tucker Twins Successfully Separated

Two little girls started their lives connected to one another in a way that few siblings experience. They were conjoined twins. Allison and Amelia Tucker have been successfully surgically separated from each other. The twins need to undergo some therapy, but are doing well. Allison June Tucker, and Amelia Lee Tucker, were born as conjoined twins. According to the University of Maryland Medical Center, this is rare. It only occurs in one out of every 200,000 live births. Their survival rate is not very high. Somewhere between 40% and 60% of conjoined twins are stillborn. Another 35% survive until birth, … Continue reading

Babies in the News – Conjoined Twins from North Dakota Are Separated

Yesterday, doctors were successful in their attempt to separate 5-month old twins who were conjoined at the chest. The procedure took six hours and the physicians at the Mayo Clinic stated that the procedures went exceptionally well. The twins were conjoined at the chest and had been in the hospital for 99 days, but yesterday marked their first day as separate individuals. There were 40 people on the medical team involved in the surgery that separated the two young girls. The twins began their stay at the Mayo Clinic when doctors implanted tissue expanders. The expanders were designed to slowly … Continue reading