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Separated conjoined twin dies in Chile
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December 20, 2011, Tuesday
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A 10-MONTH-OLD girl who was surgically separated from her conjoined twin has died after suffering general organ failure, said the director of a Chilean children's hospital.
Last Tuesday, doctors at Luis Calvo Mackenna Hospital had separated Maria Jose Paredes Navarrete from her twin sister, Maria Paz, at the thorax, abdomen and pelvis in a marathon, 20-hour surgery.
Maria Jose ran into cardiac problems that required her to be revived three times afterward, and died on Sunday, said hospital director Osvaldo Artaza.
A hospital statement said Maria Jose had suffered "a flaw in the right side of the heart as a consequence of pulmonary hypertension that afflicted her since her birth."
The statement said that Maria Paz was in a stable condition, with her kidneys starting to function.
Artaza said the surgery affected all of the deceased girl's organs, while "recognizing the delicate state of Maria Paz, we are hopeful."
"We are conscious that we made every effort," Artaza said. "It's a moment of deep pain, of deep grieving."
The twins were born in the town of Loncoche, about 760 kilometers south of the capital of Santiago, and had spent their entire lives under hospital care.
They underwent seven operations before last Tuesday's procedure, in which 25 surgeons and anesthesiologists participated.
According to the University of Maryland Medical Center, around 35 percent of conjoined twins survive only one day, while the overall survival rate runs somewhere between 5 and 25 percent.
Last Tuesday, doctors at Luis Calvo Mackenna Hospital had separated Maria Jose Paredes Navarrete from her twin sister, Maria Paz, at the thorax, abdomen and pelvis in a marathon, 20-hour surgery.
Maria Jose ran into cardiac problems that required her to be revived three times afterward, and died on Sunday, said hospital director Osvaldo Artaza.
A hospital statement said Maria Jose had suffered "a flaw in the right side of the heart as a consequence of pulmonary hypertension that afflicted her since her birth."
The statement said that Maria Paz was in a stable condition, with her kidneys starting to function.
Artaza said the surgery affected all of the deceased girl's organs, while "recognizing the delicate state of Maria Paz, we are hopeful."
"We are conscious that we made every effort," Artaza said. "It's a moment of deep pain, of deep grieving."
The twins were born in the town of Loncoche, about 760 kilometers south of the capital of Santiago, and had spent their entire lives under hospital care.
They underwent seven operations before last Tuesday's procedure, in which 25 surgeons and anesthesiologists participated.
According to the University of Maryland Medical Center, around 35 percent of conjoined twins survive only one day, while the overall survival rate runs somewhere between 5 and 25 percent.
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