Not only were the girls conjoined twins -- a condition that occurs once in every 2.5 million births -- but they were also craniopagus twins, meaning they were joined at the head. Conjoined twins ...

Formerly conjoined twins who were once attached at the head were finally discharged earlier this month after undergoing a combined 50 hours of procedures to separate them. Safa and Marwa Ullah ...

It occurs more often in female babies than in males, and only two percent of conjoined twins are joined at the head, the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia states. Around 75 percent of conjoined ...

Two baby girls who were conjoined at their heads ... who were born connected at the head, an extremely rare condition known as craniopagus twins — are now recovering while their parents, Liliya ...

Marvelous,” he said. Marras said there was only one previously known case of a separation of twins conjoined at the back of the head, performed in the United States during the 1980s. He said the ...

It is especially rare for twins to be joined at the head. Last year, twin girls who were also conjoined back-to-back at the head were separated in a hospital in the Vatican.

An estimated two to six percent of conjoined twins are attached at the top of the head, making it the rarest form. Overall, conjoined twins are more likely to be female. With craniopagus twins ...

Jeelani explained that conjoined twins are "very, very unusual," but even more so those joined at the head. The secret of the "very complex procedures," according to Jeelani, was breaking it down ...