Friday, February 06, 2004

Yahoo! News - Surgeons Operate on Baby With Two Heads

Yahoo! News - Surgeons Operate on Baby With Two Heads

"SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic - A team of surgeons began operating Friday on a Dominican infant born with a second head, a risky surgery that doctors say they believe to be the first of its kind.

"Led by a Los Angles-based neurosurgeon, the medical team planned to spend about 13 hours removing Rebeca Martinez's second head, which has a partially formed brain, ears, eyes and lips. "