Twins Hiyab and Wuhbto are now able to participate in activities “that they could not do while conjoined” ...

Conjoined twins Heloísa and Helena Batista da Silva died minutes after the two-year-olds were separated in a 15-hour surgery staffed by more than 50 medical professionals.

Two-year-old twin girls, Hiyab and Wuhbto, who were born conjoined at the head, underwent a remarkable separation surgery at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri.

Two-year-old twins Heloísa and Helena Batista da Silva went into their fifth and final separation surgery on August 15, but sadly died on the operating table after complications arose.

The twins were born in Ethiopia with a rare condition that left them joined at the head. Doctors spent a year planning a ...

TWIN sisters joined at the head have been successfully separated following a gruelling 24-hour procedure. The crowns of ...

Surgeons successfully separated two-year-old twin sisters, who had been born conjoined at the head, a children's hospital in ...

Twin sisters Hiyab and Wuhbto, born conjoined at the head, lived nearly two years of their lives without being able to look ...