A Texas children’s hospital has successfully performed its first-ever separation surgery for 16-week-old conjoined twins in a complex 11-hour procedure, months in the making.
Twin sisters AmieLynn Rose and JamieLynn Rae Finley were born prematurely at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth on Oct. 3, 2022, by cesarean section, weighing 4 pounds, 7.8 ounces each. The girls are identical omphalopagus twins, meaning they were conjoined at the abdomen; AmieLynn and JamieLynn were joined between the lower breastbone and belly button and shared a liver, abdominal tissue, and fascia.
