Doctors Separate Legs of 'Mermaid' Baby, Term Risky Surgery a 'True Success'
Deseret News (Salt Lake City) › June 01, 2005
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LIMA, Peru -- Doctors fully separated the fused legs of a baby girl known as Peru's "mermaid" early Wednesday, calling the delicate procedure a "true success."
Doctors performing the 4 1/2 hour surgery had planned to begin repairing the birth defect only up to the child's knees, but the procedure exceeded the expectations of the medical team.See the full content of this document
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Doctors Separate Legs of 'Mermaid' Baby, Term Risky Surgery a 'True Success'
"This is the final result that we have come to in this extraordinary surgical intervention," said Dr. Luis Rubio, holding up 13-month-old Milagros Cerron's legs in a V-shape, displaying the lin...
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