Myanmar surgeons successfully separate fifth conjoined twins

Myanmar surgeons have successfully separated the fifth conjoined twin baby girls, official media reported Thursday. The surgical operation by Dr. Htoo Han and his assistants was performed on the two-year-and-one-month-old conjoined twins named Ma Ingyin Khaing and Ma Ingyin Hlaing in the Children's Hospital in Yangon Wednesday, according to the New Light of Myanmar daily. The separated twins, who are under extensive care in the hospital, are from Kawtin village in Laungton township in southern Tanintharyi region. Myanmar surgeons had carried out four successful similar surgical operations on twins in the past over two decades. The fourth twins, who are also baby girls named So Pyay Lin and So Pyay Win with their chests joined together, were successfully separated in October 2009.