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  2. Patrick and Benjamin Binder - Wikipedia

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    Patrick and Benjamin Binder (born 2 February 1987) were conjoined twins, joined at the head, born in Germany in February 1987, and separated at Johns Hopkins Children's Center on 6 September 1987. [1] They were the first twins to be successfully separated by Ben Carson, a neurosurgeon assisted by Donlin M. Long of Baltimore, Maryland. For this ...

  3. Fact check: Viral image does not show conjoined twins ... - AOL

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    An image claiming to show the conjoined twins separated by Ben Carson in 1987 is FALSE, based on our research. The first image included in the post is a photo of Krista and Tatiana Hogan who were ...

  4. Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story - Wikipedia

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    In 1987, Dr. Ben Carson travels to Ulm, Germany to meet a couple, Peter and Augusta Rausch, who have twins conjoined at the back of their heads. Dr. Carson believes he might be able to successfully separate them, but realizes that he also risks losing one or both of them. After explaining the risk, Ben agrees to operate.

  5. Gifted Hands - Wikipedia

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    Carson in 2015. Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story or simply Gifted Hands is an autobiographical book about the success story of Dr. Ben Carson, a neurosurgeon and future politician, and his life going from a failing student to leading a team of surgeons in the first known separation of conjoined twins joined at the back of the head. [1]

  6. Decade on, separate lives for once-conjoined twins - AOL

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    By JIM FITZGERALD SCARSDALE, N.Y. (AP) -- One twin uses an iPad, plays video games and dances to Michael Jackson tunes. The other has significant, possibly permanent, problems walking and talking.

  7. Ben Carson - Wikipedia

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    In 1987, Carson was the lead neurosurgeon of a 70-member surgical team that separated conjoined twins Patrick and Benjamin Binder, who had been joined at the back of the head (craniopagus twins). The separation surgery held promise in part because the twin boys had separate brains. [ 95 ]

  8. Ladan and Laleh Bijani - Wikipedia

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    Goh led the team to operate on Laleh while Ben Carson, director of paediatric surgery at the Johns Hopkins Children's Centre, led the team operating on Ladan. [2] The attempt to separate the twins turned out to be very difficult, because their brains not only shared a major vein (the superior sagittal sinus), but had fused together. In addition ...

  9. Formerly conjoined twins, Ella and Eliza, are thriving on ...

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    Conjoined twins occur once in every 50,000 to 60,000 births, and many are stillborn. ... “They love chatting with each other at night before falling asleep,” she added. “I love their giggles ...