Eleven month old conjoined twins from Guatemala are shown in this recent photograph.
Surgeons at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles began operating on August 5, 2002
to separate the girls joined at the top of the head. Dr. Houman Hemmati assisted
in the surgery. The rare and sometimes risky surgery on Maria Teresa and Maria de
Jesus Quiej-Alvarez started about 8 a.m. and was expected to last more than 10 hours,
a UCLA spokeswoman said. (UCLA Childrens' Hospital/Reuters)
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