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Birth-defect twin dies after operation
A seven-week-old Dominican girl born with a second head - the traces of a conjoined twin which did not develop - has died.
Rebecca Martinez was born in mid-December at a hospital in the Dominican capital with the head of an undeveloped twin attached to the top of her skull, facing upward.
The infant was otherwise healthy but her brain could not develop normally unless the undeveloped head was removed.
She died hours after undergoing a delicate operation to remove the undeveloped second head, the clinic treating her said.
A spokeswoman at the CURE International Center for Orthopedic Specialties in Santo Domingo said that Rebeca had died, but gave no other details.
A team of international doctors had earlier said that they had successfully completed a day-long operation to remove the second head.
The surgery was led by Dr. Jorge Lazareff, director of pediatric neurosurgery at UCLA's Mattel Children's Hospital, and Dominican surgeons Dr. Santiago Hazim and Dr. Benjamin Rivera.
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