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'''Joseph Banda''' and '''Luka Banda''' (born 23 January 1997)<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150924181608/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-6375253.html Zambia: Zambian Siamese Twins Return Home] Chibi Kubantu, Inter Press Service English News Wire 1998-04-09 (subscription required)</ref> are twin brothers who used to be conjoined. They were born joined at the back of the skull and faced in |
'''Joseph Banda''' and '''Luka Banda''' (born 23 January 1997)<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150924181608/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-6375253.html Zambia: Zambian Siamese Twins Return Home] Chibi Kubantu, Inter Press Service English News Wire 1998-04-09 (subscription required)</ref> are twin brothers who used to be conjoined. They were born joined at the back of the skull and faced in opposite directions. In 1997, [[Ben Carson]] led a team of 50 Zambian and South African specialists to separate the 11-month-old twins in a 28-hour operation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2002/HEALTH/08/10/separated.zambian.twins/ |title=African separated twins offer hope for 'little Marias' |publisher=CNN.com |date=2002-08-10 |accessdate=2015-10-22}}</ref> They did not share any organs, but shared intricate blood vessels that flowed into each other's brains. In 2001, the twins were fitted with artificial skulls to permanently close their heads, and are neurologically normal. In an interview, Carson stated about the operation: |
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site directions. In 1997, [[Ben Carson]] led a team of 50 Zambian and South African specialists to separate the 11-month-old twins in a 28-hour operation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2002/HEALTH/08/10/separated.zambian.twins/ |title=African separated twins offer hope for 'little Marias' |publisher=CNN.com |date=2002-08-10 |accessdate=2015-10-22}}</ref> They did not share any organs, but shared intricate blood vessels that flowed into each other's brains. In 2001, the twins were fitted with artificial skulls to permanently close their heads, and are neurologically normal. In an interview, Carson stated about the operation: |
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:"In the end, the Bandas became the first Type 2 [[craniopagus twins]] (joined at the head and facing in opposite directions) ever separated with both surviving and both being neurologically normal."''<ref>{{cite news|last=Dreifus |first=Claudia |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9802E1D81E38F937A35752C0A9669C8B63 |title=A CONVERSATION WITH - BENJAMIN S. CARSON - A Pioneer at a Frontier - The Brain of a Child |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=2000-01-04 |accessdate=2015-05-29}}</ref> |
:"In the end, the Bandas became the first Type 2 [[craniopagus twins]] (joined at the head and facing in opposite directions) ever separated with both surviving and both being neurologically normal."''<ref>{{cite news|last=Dreifus |first=Claudia |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9802E1D81E38F937A35752C0A9669C8B63 |title=A CONVERSATION WITH - BENJAMIN S. CARSON - A Pioneer at a Frontier - The Brain of a Child |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=2000-01-04 |accessdate=2015-05-29}}</ref> |
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Joseph and Luka Banda | |
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| Born | 23 January 1997 |
| Known for | Conjoined twins (1997－2001) |
Joseph Banda and Luka Banda (born 23 January 1997)[1] are twin brothers who used to be conjoined. They were born joined at the back of the skull and faced in opposite directions. In 1997, Ben Carson led a team of 50 Zambian and South African specialists to separate the 11-month-old twins in a 28-hour operation.[2] They did not share any organs, but shared intricate blood vessels that flowed into each other's brains. In 2001, the twins were fitted with artificial skulls to permanently close their heads, and are neurologically normal. In an interview, Carson stated about the operation:
- "In the end, the Bandas became the first Type 2 craniopagus twins (joined at the head and facing in opposite directions) ever separated with both surviving and both being neurologically normal."[3]
They are residing in an area of Lusaka called Chilenje South.[citation needed]
References
- ^ Zambia: Zambian Siamese Twins Return Home Chibi Kubantu, Inter Press Service English News Wire 1998-04-09 (subscription required)
- ^ "African separated twins offer hope for 'little Marias'". CNN.com. 2002-08-10. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
- ^ Dreifus, Claudia (2000-01-04). "A CONVERSATION WITH - BENJAMIN S. CARSON - A Pioneer at a Frontier - The Brain of a Child". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
External links
- BBC article - Joined at the head: medical briefing Monday, 9 April 2001
- Hopkins Medicine article
- "Commencement 2000 - Ben Carson discussion of the operation
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