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| birth_place = [[Lusaka]], [[Zambia]] | | birth_place = [[Lusaka]], [[Zambia]] | ||
| known_for = Conjoined twins | | known_for = Conjoined twins | ||
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'''Joseph Banda''' and '''Luka Banda''' (born January 23, 1997 in [[Lusaka]], [[Zambia]])<ref>[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-6375253.html Zambia: Zambian Siamese Twins Return Home] Chibi Kubantu, Inter Press Service English News Wire 1998-04-09 (subscription required)</ref> are twin brothers who | '''Joseph Banda''' and '''Luka Banda''' (born January 23, 1997 in [[Lusaka]], [[Zambia]])<ref>[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-6375253.html Zambia: Zambian Siamese Twins Return Home] Chibi Kubantu, Inter Press Service English News Wire 1998-04-09 (subscription required)</ref> are twin brothers who were born type 2 vertical craniopagus twins. They were born joined at the back of the skull and faced in opposite directions. In December 1997, Dr. Ben Carson led a team of 50 Zambian and South African specialists to separate the 11-month-old twins in a 22-hour operation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2002/HEALTH/08/10/separated.zambian.twins/ |title=African separated twins offer hope for 'little Marias' |publisher=CNN.com |date=2002-08-10 |accessdate=2015-10-22}}</ref> They did not share any organs, but shared intricate blood vessels that flowed into each other's brains. | ||
In 2001, the twins were fitted with artificial skulls to permanently close their heads, and are neurologically normal. In an interview, Dr. Carson stated about the operation: | |||
:"In the end, the Bandas became the first Type 2 craniopagus twins (joined at the head and facing in opposite directions) ever separated with both surviving and both being neurologically normal."''<ref>{{cite news|last=Dreifus |first=Claudia |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9802E1D81E38F937A35752C0A9669C8B63 |title=A CONVERSATION WITH - BENJAMIN S. CARSON - A Pioneer at a Frontier - The Brain of a Child |newspaper=The New York Times |date=2000-01-04 |accessdate=2015-05-29}}</ref> | :"In the end, the Bandas became the first Type 2 craniopagus twins (joined at the head and facing in opposite directions) ever separated with both surviving and both being neurologically normal."''<ref>{{cite news|last=Dreifus |first=Claudia |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9802E1D81E38F937A35752C0A9669C8B63 |title=A CONVERSATION WITH - BENJAMIN S. CARSON - A Pioneer at a Frontier - The Brain of a Child |newspaper=The New York Times |date=2000-01-04 |accessdate=2015-05-29}}</ref> | ||
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| Born | January 23, 1997 Lusaka, Zambia |
| Known for | Conjoined twins |
Joseph Banda and Luka Banda (born January 23, 1997 in Lusaka, Zambia)[1] are twin brothers who were born type 2 vertical craniopagus twins. They were born joined at the back of the skull and faced in opposite directions. In December 1997, Dr. Ben Carson led a team of 50 Zambian and South African specialists to separate the 11-month-old twins in a 22-hour operation.[2] They did not share any organs, but shared intricate blood vessels that flowed into each other's brains.
In 2001, the twins were fitted with artificial skulls to permanently close their heads, and are neurologically normal. In an interview, Dr. Carson stated about the operation:
- "In the end, the Bandas became the first Type 2 craniopagus twins (joined at the head and facing in opposite directions) ever separated with both surviving and both being neurologically normal."[3]
They are residing in Chilenje South in Lusaka.
References
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- ↑ Zambia: Zambian Siamese Twins Return Home Chibi Kubantu, Inter Press Service English News Wire 1998-04-09 (subscription required)
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