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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 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.  
'''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 what was dubbed "Operation Impossible".
 
The team sang hymns to get them through the marathon procedure, and the 22-hour<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> operation was successful. "Soon after separation, the babies were seeing each other for the first time," said Dr. [[Tackson Lambart]], of [[University Teaching Hospital]] (UTH). The twins 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 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:
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