Siamese Twins Separated After 10 1/2 Hour Boston Operation
Siamese twin girls separated in a 10 1/2 hour operation at Massachusetts General Hospital emerged in very good condition but face possible complications. Surgeons led by Dr. W Hardy Hendren removed shared organs and will perform several follow up procedures. The twins, born in Danvers after a Caesarean section, were joined from chest to pelvis with shared liver.
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Doctors Halt Man's Growth At 7-Foot-2
In Boston a 22 year old acromegaly patient reached 7 foot 2 and received a single proton beam treatment at Massachusetts General Hospital using Harvard University's 160 million volt cyclotron. Endocrine specialists Dr Leonard Deftos Dr Raymond N Kjellberg and Dr Bernard Kliman report 46 similar cases with 21 normalizing growth hormone 15 reducing to under half and 10 showing no improvement.
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Bernard Kliman
Harvard Medical School
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