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		</div><h6><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>Two-year-old conjoined twins fused together at the head were successfully separated after a grueling 20-HOUR procedure </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>Jagannath and Balram, from Kandhamal in eastern Indian, underwent a grueling 20-hour procedure at a hospital in New Delhi, India</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>Surgeons were worried as they shared veins which carried blood to their brains, but the first part of surgery was successful </strong></span></h6>
<h6><strong><span style="color:#000000;">The sisters will go through a second surgery within a few days to complete the pro</span></strong><span style="color:#000000;">cedure</span></h6>
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<h6 class="mol-para-with-font"><strong><img class="alignnone wp-image-246373" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/jagannath-and-balram-1.png" alt="Jagannath and Balram 1.png" width="886" height="557" />Two-year-olds Jagannath and Balram, from Kandhamal in eastern Indian, have been separated</strong></h6>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">Doctors in India have successfully completed the first stage of a tricky operation to separate conjoined twins who are fused together at the head.<br />
Jagannath and Balram, from Kandhamal in eastern Indian, were successfully parted following a grueling 20-hour procedure.<br />
Despite sharing crucial veins which carry blood from their heart to their brains, the first part of surgery was hailed as a triumph.<br />
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<h6 class="overlay-icon mobile-gallery"><img class="alignnone wp-image-246375" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/jagannath-and-balram-5.gif" alt="Jagannath and Balram 5.jpg" width="755" height="470" /><strong>Preping for surgery: Jagannath and Balram, from Kandhamal in eastern Indian, were successfully parted following a grueling 20-hour procedure</strong></h6>
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<p class="imageCaption">Despite Jagannath and Balram [photo], sharing crucial veins which carry blood from their heart to their brain,<strong> </strong> the first part of surgery was hailed as a triumph</p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">A second operation is expected to be performed within a few days at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi.<br />
Surgeons are hopeful at least one of the twins will survive, despite the high death rates for conjoined twins of their kind.<br />
The two-year-olds are known as &#8216;craniopagus twins&#8217; &#8211; a phenomenon that occurs just once in every 2.5 million births.<br />
Around 40 per cent of these kind of twins are stillborn. Of those that survive, a third die within 24 hours of birth.<br />
If craniopagus twins survive to that point, there is still an 80 per cent risk they would die before the age of two if they are not separated.<br />
Separation means one or both of the twins may suffer developmental complications.<br />
Usually the twins would share brains and have completely separate organs, but in this instance, the pair each have their own brain.<br />
If craniopagus twins survive that point, there is still an 80 per cent risk they would die before the age of two if they are not separated.<br />
Separation means one or both of the twins may suffer developmental complications.<br />
<span class="mol-style-bold health-ccox mol-style-medium">Before the operation, one doctor told local media: &#8216;We are hoping to save both but even if one of the twins survives, it will be a historic achievement.&#8217;<br />
</span>The pair of girls underwent a series of tests to determine whether surgery would be successful before it was attempted.<br />
Multiple MRI scans and angiograms were conducted to examine the brain structure of the twins over the last month.<br />
The doctors went through literature on such surgeries conducted worldwide and even contacted some of the surgeons who did them.<br />
Finally, it was decided to put them under the knife with the hope of saving at least one of the twins, local reports say.</p>
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Conjoined twins, Jagannath and Balram, fused together at the head are successfully separated after a grueling 20-HOUR procedure
