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Other than a large shared liver, their organs were separate, though their diaphragms had been fused.. The girls were delivered Feb. 26 via Caesarian section at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda and went home a week later with their parents. Some two dozen doctors, nurses and specialists were mobilized for the elaborately choreographed operation. For weeks leading up to the surgery, grids and flow charts were created to map out every detail, from the placement of the first scalpel to the color of ribbons tied to each girl's extremities so surgeons can tell them apart. 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