Conjoined twins separated at Texas hospital after marathon surgery

In surgery lasting more than 24 hours, a Texas hospital medical team has separated nearly 1-year-old twins who were joined at the abdomen and shared a liver, diaphragm, pelvis, intestines and the lining of the heart, officials said on Monday. The girls, Knatalye Hope Mata and Adeline Faith Mata, born in April 2014, were separated on Feb. 17 at Texas Children's Hospital, with a team including 12 surgeons, six anesthesiologists and eight surgical nurses. "This surgery was not without its challenges with the girls sharing several organ systems," said Dr. Darrell Cass, pediatric surgeon and co-director of Texas Children's Fetal Center. He said this was the first successful separation surgery for conjoined twins with this particular configuration.



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