Conjoined twins Anatasia and Tatiana Dogaru were born conjoined at the head. Anatasia and Tatiana Dogaru will become 5 in Jan. 2009. Anatasia and Tatiana Dogaru were born in Rome and their parents are Romanian. Anatasia and Tatiana Dogaru were brought into the U.S. when they were babies by Dr. Kenneth Salyer and his foundation, World Craniofacial Foundation.

Photo (undated) of Conjoined twins Anatasia and Tatiana Dogaru:

Dr. Salyer has spent almost 5 years hoping to separate the conjoined twins, Anatasia Dogaru and Tatiana Dogaru, but as they have grown and developed, Physicians at Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital in Cleveland have deemed surgery too risky and canceled plans in Aug. 2007. Dr. Salyer has tried to ask other medical centers to take over the case of Anatasia and Tatiana Dogaru but so far, none were willing. Read more about the complications here.

In the U.K., conjoined twins at the chest who shared one liver, had a twin die after separation surgery. Faith and Hope Williams were conjoined twins and Hope, the smaller twin baby, died after surgery. This happened recently and was reported on Wed., Dec. 3.

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This entry was posted on Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 at 3:59 pm and is filed under News.