how do you separate conjoined twins? – Extreme Temperature Zone

Question: how do you separate conjoined twins?
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  medicine
Asked by issi xxx to Lisa, Joe on 11 Nov 2014.
- Lisa Simmons answered on 11 Nov 2014:
  
  No idea. I think the people that can do surgery like this have brilliant minds
- Joe Reed answered on 13 Nov 2014:
  
  It’s usually a case of cutting where they are joined. Problems happen when they are connected at the head for example or if they share a heart or lungs. Sometimes the separation can be dangerous for 1 or both of the twins, in which case they would leave them together, or maybe try and save the stronger one. It’s a complicated procedure, and takes amazing skill from the surgeons.

Question: how do you separate conjoined twins?