Rome: conjoined african niglets Ervina and Prefina separated
Two conjoined twins separated successfully in Italy
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A hospital in Rome said on Tuesday it had successfully separated two-year-old twins joined above the nape of their necks, after three risky surgeries.
Joined skull to skull, sisters Ervina and Prefina were born with a condition the Bambino Gesu (Baby Jesus) Pediatric Hospital in Rome called "one of the rarest and most complex forms of cranial and cerebral fusion."
The hospital said it was the first time in Italy and likely the world -- as such a case had never been cited in medical literature -- that surgeons were able to separate twins joined in such a way, sharing the back of their skull and its venous system.
The two sisters from Bangui, Central African Republic, were brought to Italy in September 2018 after the hospital's president met the twins and their mother at a medical centre where they were born.
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