Separation Abigail and Madison Fitterer (Abygail and Madysen Fitterer) - the most successful operation to date in the world to separate Siamese twins …
They were connected to each other in the chest and abdomen. The decision about the separation operation was made almost immediately … Already in October 2006, he introduced expanders of organic tissue under the skin in order to subsequently close the incisions from surgery.
After only 5 months, the fused twins were operated on at the MAYO clinic in North Dakota (USA) … It happened on January 3, 2007. The operation was carried out by more than 40 doctors for 6 hours … The doctors admitted that the most difficult part of the operation was the restoration of the girls' chest wall so that it could cover the hearts … And also the liver separation procedure, which Abigail and Madison had one for two. The government allocated 380 thousand dollars for this purpose … The
girls, contrary to all expectations and forecasts, are healthy, one of them has yet to undergo an operation to straighten the spine.