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A Sensational success in the clinic of the university of Munich west Germany - Siamese twins separated: A sensational success is reported from the children's hospital of the university of Munich/west Germany. The ten months old twins which are joined with their pelvis bones, have been successfully separated on July 1st 1981. professor Waldemar Hecker was in charge of the II-hour operation. He now can report that the children are well. The twins, two boys, were born on October, 1st 1980 in Kiel/west Germany and were flown to Munich on the same day. Since then they were under permanent observation in the children's hospital of the university until they reached the ago of ten months, the optimal age for this type4 of operation. The boys had partially common intestines. the bladders were situated above each other and various other little problems were to be mastered by the team of operating surgeon. The parents of the twins are Turkish citizens who live in Germany they already have a healthy 5-year old son. It was already the second time that professor hecker safed the life of Siamese twins by a successful surgical separa. Photo shows The before the separation

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