Siamese twins born in Santiago are stable
The girls were born united by the thorax and abdomen. They will undergo studies
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SANTIAGO. The Siamese twins, joined by the thorax and the abdomen, born last Tuesday in the José Maria Cabral y Baez Regional University Hospital in Santiago, are stable as is their mother Marianela Abreu, 26.
This was the information released in a press communiqué sent to the media yesterday by the administration of the Doctor Arturo Grullon Children's Hospital, where the little girls were hospitalized.
The hospital's communiqué says that the union will not represent a problem for separating the babies surgically, since they do not share either the heart or the stomach.
"The newborns have an omphalocele, which is a type of defect in the abdominal wall and the intestine is covered by a membrane. For right now we are considering surgery, but first they will have to undergo different specialized studies before deciding what the next step to take will be," indicates the press note.
The mother, Marianela Abreu, who is from La Vega, had a normal birth after 36 weeks of pregnancy. The birth was by C-section last Tuesday afternoon, 28 April, with a total weight of 5 kg between the two, reported Doctor Austria de la Rosa, the director of the Cabral y Baez Hospital.
This was the information released in a press communiqué sent to the media yesterday by the administration of the Doctor Arturo Grullon Children's Hospital, where the little girls were hospitalized.
The hospital's communiqué says that the union will not represent a problem for separating the babies surgically, since they do not share either the heart or the stomach.
"The newborns have an omphalocele, which is a type of defect in the abdominal wall and the intestine is covered by a membrane. For right now we are considering surgery, but first they will have to undergo different specialized studies before deciding what the next step to take will be," indicates the press note.
The mother, Marianela Abreu, who is from La Vega, had a normal birth after 36 weeks of pregnancy. The birth was by C-section last Tuesday afternoon, 28 April, with a total weight of 5 kg between the two, reported Doctor Austria de la Rosa, the director of the Cabral y Baez Hospital.
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