Medical miracle? Conjoined twins separated in Memphis
Joshua and Jacob Spates aren't quite as close as they used to be, now that the conjoined twins have been surgically separated at a Memphis hospital. The boys - separated in a grueling, 13-hour operation on August 29 - aren't out of the woods yet. But they've already beaten the odds. Conjoined twins account for only about one in 200,000 live births, and the vast majority of conjoined twins who survive long enough to be separated are girls.
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Credit: Lisa W. Buser
