One of conjoined girls dies after separation

时间：2007-07-21 06:30:39

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Medical workers are taking care of one of the twin girls after the operation on July 18, 2007 at the No. 303 Hospital of the People's Liberation Army in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous1 Region.
 
July 20 - One of the conjoined twin girls in southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region died of heart and lung failure on Thursday less than 48 hours after being separated from her sister.

 

Four doctors at the No. 303 Hospital of the People's Liberation Army in Nanning spent six hours on Tuesday evening separating the twin's livers, repositioning the girls' hearts and dividing a shared intestine2.

 

The girls, who spent their first six days with their noses just inches apart, could finally sleep in separate incubators in intensive care as of early Wednesday morning, but they both remained in a critical condition.

 

Doctors failed to save the life of one of the eight-day-old baby girls, who was born with complicated heart disease that led to heart and lung failure, according to Shi Dekun, a doctor in charge of the operation.

 

The other girl is in a relatively3 stable condition now, but she still has to survive this crucial, and dangerous seven-day period, said Shi.

 

Five doctors are taking care of the baby, who is breathing with the aid of a respirator.

 

Shi said that ideally the surgery would be performed when the twins were two months old, but in this case they had no choice as the twins were ill with pneumonia4.

 

When the girls were born on July 11, they shared a common pericardium and part of a liver and intestine.

 

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1 autonomous DPyyv     
adj.自治的；独立的
参考例句：
  • They proudly declared themselves part of a new autonomous province.他们自豪地宣布成为新自治省的一部分。
  • This is a matter that comes within the jurisdiction of the autonomous region.这件事是属于自治区权限以内的事务。
2 intestine rbpzY     
adj.内部的；国内的；n.肠
参考例句：
  • This vitamin is absorbed through the walls of the small intestine.这种维生素通过小肠壁被吸收。
  • The service productivity is the function,including external efficiency,intestine efficiency and capacity efficiency.服务业的生产率是一个包含有外部效率、内部效率和能力效率的函数。
3 relatively bkqzS3     
adv.比较...地，相对地
参考例句：
  • The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
  • The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。
4 pneumonia s2HzQ     
n.肺炎
参考例句：
  • Cage was struck with pneumonia in her youth.凯奇年轻时得过肺炎。
  • Pneumonia carried him off last week.肺炎上星期夺去了他的生命。

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