Doctors say the surgery was a success, the twins might be home by Christmas

Aug 31, 2013 07:17 GMT  ·  By

Doctors in Dallas, Texas have recently performed surgery on a pair of six-week-old conjoined twins. The surgery took place a week ago, on Saturday, and appears to have been a success.

Information shared with the public says that, when they were born, the infants were conjoined from their breastbone to their hip bone.

By the looks of it, Owen and Emmett also shared an intestinal tract and a liver, ABC News tells us.

The surgery during which the twins were separated from one another lasted for about 9 hours.

Doctors say that the infants had some 40-50% chances of surviving the intervention. Luckily, they managed to pull through.

“I hope I never have to experience a moment like that again. I didn't know if I would see my babies alive again, if I would see only one, or if I would see them after they had gone to be with their creator,” mother Jenni reportedly wrote on her blog the morning of the surgery.

Once the surgery was done with and the twins were separated, she described the experience as follows:

“At this point, the room exploded into clapping and cheers, hugging and celebration. My babies were two, and I rejoiced with streaming tears of joy and amazement!”

The twins are to remain at the Medical City Children's Hospital for several weeks to come.

They will be kept under close observation, just to make sure that they do not develop any health complications.

Should things go as planned, they will be allowed to go home with their family this Christmas, the same source informs us.

Cases of conjoined twins are not all that common. On the contrary, various reports say that they occur as a rate of one in 50,000 births. Others claim they are as rare as one in 200,000 births.

Survival chances are fairly low, and depend greatly on how the twins are conjoined and what organs they share.