The birth of twins - the phenomenon itself is infrequent, and in each 200th, they have grown. The separation operation often becomes the only chance of twins for survival, so in recent times they are spent more and more.
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Jewelers in the operating room
In the Middle Ages, the birth of the Siamese twins was considered the devils of the devil. When the bonfires of the Inquisition were extinct, the appearance of intoxicated children was explained by the fact that their mother looked at the freaks during pregnancy. What is the true reason, science does not know so far, therefore, as usual, in everything they blame the ecology.
Eggs of embryos takes place in the second week of pregnancy. Most often they die in the womb, so pregnancy ends with miscarriage. Among those who still appear on the light, girls are three times more than boys. The birth of twins - the phenomenon itself is infrequent, and in each 200th, they have grown. This is one pregnancy for 150-200 thousand.
Forced «attachment» Siamese twins to each other are primarily dangerous for their health. Their appearance on light, from a medical point of view, already in itself congenital malformation. And the battle of internal organs, one heart or one liver for two leads to such a load on the body of children that many «Siam» Distant due to severe violations of the development of internal organs.
The separation operation often becomes the only chance of twins for survival, so in recent times they are spent more and more. The desire to have finally a truly personal life, to see each other without the help of the mirror - this is the reason for the secondary, although it is she presented to the public as the main intrigue.
The first successful operation was accounted for in 1689. Then the German surgeon König managed to free apart from each other twins who have grown in the waist. Since then, the doctors operated about 300 pairs, but only in recent years began to take «Jewelry» Surgery: Separation of Siamese twins, who have grown in a skull, brain or the base of the spine, as well as having some two hearts or liver. The operation is considered successful if at least one survives.
Today prosperous results - 65-80%. The greatest difficulties arise with craniopags - twins who have contrived heads. The chances of the successful outcome of the operation increase in the absence of brain shell defects and the minimum number of total vessels.
In the UK three years ago, the parents of the Siamese twins Jody and Mary give girls to the hands of surgeons forced the court. Immediately after the appearance of children to the world, it became clear that the blood and respiratory system Mary did not work and she lives exclusively thanks to the heart and light Jody. Doctors came to the conclusion that in undivided sisters will be able to live only six months, after which the Jody's body will cease to cope with the load and both girls will die. Their parents did not risk give permission to the conscious murder of Mary: «You can not heal the nature. If, by the will of the Lord, both of our children will not survive, so it will be so». However, the court decided to disconnect the girls, and they were operated on. Miracle did not happen: only Jodi survived.
This case is exceptional only to the fact that sacrificed one child for the sake of another parents forced the court. Choose between twins accounts for not so rarely. In 1902, French doctors operated on 14-year-old Indian sisters Radia and Derodiced, United Breasts and Belly. From the five-year-old age girls showed a London impresario in the circus. And when they got to the exhibition organized by the French Medical Academy, the doctors found that a fee of sick tuberculosis. Twins divided to save radice. But she survived sister only two years.
During operations on the separation of Siamese twins, the best surgeons are involved, sometimes working shifted throughout the day, a large number of middle medical staff, and, of course, it is worth a lot of money. Lovers counting the cost of other people's lives long ago say that there is nothing to throw huge funds for doubtful success operations, while many people cannot get much more elementary medical care. In addition, when ordinary brothers and sisters suffer from the same disease, no one suggests consciously send one of them to death, transplancing his bodies to another.
Such a hype arose in 1993 after an unsuccessful Operation of Sisters Emmy and Angela Lakeberg, who had grown out of the chest to the abdomen that had a common liver and a deformed heart. Their mother already knew that she would like Siamese twins, who are unlikely to survive.
And nevertheless, she refused abortion. When the twins appeared on the light, they were so weak that doctors wanted to turn them off from devices supported. But parents found a clinic in Philadelphia, where doctors agreed to divide the sisters, to operate the deformed heart and save the life of at least one girl. Emmy died during surgery, Angela almost lived before her first birthday.
Parents of other twins are lucky more. The cruel choice between the two daughters was not in vain. Christina and Betsy were divided shortly after their birth in 1973. Betsy died of heart disease, and Christina still lives. Their mother justified his decision philosophically: «They had to be divided, and what happened what had happened. The strongest survives, weak not always. But for the sake of rescue life sometimes you have to sacrifice something».
Each operation, especially if it ends unsuccessfully, revitalizes disputes about how you can choose between two connected, but still different people who have the right to decide which one of them leave life. And statistics, by the way, shows that mortality among undivided twins is significantly higher than among those operated, even if one of them died. Without timely interference of surgeons, a serious violation of the development of internal organs of consistent children is often exacerbated and at the same time increases the risk of operation several times or makes it simply impossible.
