The couple sought a second opinion at CHOP and learned that the babies could most likely be delivered and separated. According to CHOP, conjoined twins occur roughly once in every 35,000 to 80,000 ...

The Ruffins learned the twins were conjoined through a routine ultrasound 12 weeks into the pregnancy. Shaneka Ruffin said it was recommended to her that she terminate her pregnancy. They got a second ...

Two brothers have celebrated their first birthday after the conjoined twins were successfully separated from each other in a recent surgery. Amari and Javar Ruffin, whose family lives in ...

Surgeons at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia are celebrating after successfully separating conjoined twins. The twins, Amari and Javar Ruffin, were born in CHOP's Garbose Family Special ...

The boys were born omphalopagus twins, which means they face one another and joined at the anterior abdominal wall from the xiphoid to the umbilicus, CHOP said. Children's Hospital of Philadelphia ...

According to CHOP, once the twins were separated, their abdomens were closed and rebuilt using layers of mesh and plastic surgery techniques. "Separating conjoined twins always presents challenges ...

According to CHOP, once the twins were separated, their abdomens were closed and rebuilt using layers of mesh and plastic surgery techniques. "Separating conjoined twins always presents challenges ...

PHILADELPHIA - A family in West Philadelphia welcomed home their miracle babies—conjoined and now separated twins ... re a great dad." The twins will continue follow-up care at CHOP weekly ...