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Conjoined Twins Successfully Separated After 7 Hour Operation

By Rheana Murray, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Credit: COURTESY OF CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA via New York Daily News

The girls were born attached at the lower chest and abdomen.

November 8, 2012 Updated Nov 8, 2012 at 11:44 AM PDT

It took seven hours and a team of 40 surgeons, nurses and medical staff to surgically separate two twin girls from upstate New York.

Doctors performed the rare operation on 8-month old Allison and Amelia Tucker. The sisters were born joined at the lower chest and abdomen.

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