Siamese twins get out of hospital

时间：2007-04-20 06:02:14

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Chinanews, Chongqing, Apr. 20 – A pair of baby boys, who were born sharing an abdomen1, were discharged from hospital on Wednesday after doctors successfully did an operation to separate them. This is the third time that doctors in Chongqing had successfully performed such operation. It indicates that medical institutions in Chongqing have reached world advanced levels in handling major organs inside human bodies.

 

The twin boys, named Chen Xin and Chen Qiao, were born in Peng’an County, Nanchong of Sichuan Province, on November 9, 2006. When they were born, the baby boys were linked together in the abdomen. They shared a liver but had separate hearts, kidneys2, and lungs. The joint3 part measured 27.5 centimeters in girth and 10 centimeters in straight length.

 

The case was rarely seen in the world. In addition, since the twin boys were very weak when they were born, the situation added more difficulty to doctors’ surgical4 work, the hospital’s president said.

 

On Febuary 8, 2007, over forty medical experts worked hard together and finally made the twins separate. After that, the twin boys stayed in hospital for 70-some days under the doctors’ extensive care. They recovered quickly and are now very healthy, just like ordinary babies.

 

The doctors have taught the twin’s parents about how to take care of the baby. In future, they will pay regular visits to the babies to monitor their health conditions.

 
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1 abdomen MfXym     
n.腹，下腹(胸部到腿部的部分)
参考例句：
  • How to know to there is ascarid inside abdomen?怎样知道肚子里面有蛔虫？
  • He was anxious about an off-and-on pain the abdomen.他因时隐时现的腹痛而焦虑。
2 kidneys c9c6831162e9ea85210affca210d919e     
肾形矿脉； 肾，肾脏( kidney的名词复数 )； （可食用的动物的）腰子
参考例句：
  • The function of the kidneys is to excrete wastes from the body. 肾的功能是排泄人体里的废物。
  • She got a very dangerous disease of kidneys. 她得了一种很危险的肾病。
3 joint m3lx4     
adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合
参考例句：
  • I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
  • We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
4 surgical 0hXzV3     
adj.外科的，外科医生的，手术上的
参考例句：
  • He performs the surgical operations at the Red Cross Hospital.他在红十字会医院做外科手术。
  • All surgical instruments must be sterilised before use.所有的外科手术器械在使用之前，必须消毒。

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