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	Rebeca Martínez - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rebeca Martínez (December 10, 2003 - February 7, 2004) was an infant from the Dominican Republic who was born with two heads, a case reported by news agencies across the world.
		She was the daughter of Franklin Antonio Martínez (born in 1974) and María Gisela Hiciano (born in 1977).
		Rebeca's parents were told that she would be born with a tumor on her head but none of the prenatal tests showed a second head.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rebeca_Martinez (441 words)

	NEPA News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Rebeca was born on Dec. 10 with the undeveloped head of her twin, a condition known as craniopagus parasiticus.
		Martinez, a tailor, and his wife, who is a supermarket cashier, together make about $200 a month and have two other children ages 4 and 1.
		They say doctors told them Rebeca would be born with a tumor on her head but that none of the prenatal tests showed a second head.
	www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=10933506&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6 (628 words)

	Rebeca Martínez biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		There have only been eight known cases of this condition through history, and Rebeca was the first of those eight not to die before birth.
		Rebeca Martínez went into surgery at Santo Domingo, on February 6, to try to remove her extra head.
		Because she had been the first person to be born with her condition, this was also the first operation of its type in history.
	rebeca-martinez.biography.ms (183 words)

	Doctors hope to aid Dominican baby with rare defect
		The baby, Rebeca Martinez, was born in mid-December at a hospital in Santo Domingo with the head of an undeveloped twin attached to the top of her skull, facing upward.
		In Rebeca's case, there is a gap in her skull where the heads are joined, and the blood vessels are intertwined, Hazim said.
		Rebeca was born weighing about 7 pounds and now weighs over 10 pounds, but the undeveloped head is drawing away nutrients and exerting pressure on Rebeca's brain.
	www.danhosp.org /HealthNews/reuters/20040123elin007.htm (659 words)

	Two Headed Baby Undergoes First Known Separation Operation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Eighteen surgeons, nurses and doctors were to take several rotations to cut off the undeveloped tissue, clip the veins and arteries and close the skull of the 7-week-old girl using a bone graft from another part of her body.
		Martinez and his 26-year-old wife, Maria Gisela Hiciano, say doctors told them Rebeca would be born with a tumor on her head but none of the prenatal tests showed a second head developing.
		Rebeca Martinez was born in mid-December at a hospital in Santo Domingo with the head of an undeveloped twin attached to the top of her skull, facing upward.
	www.transporting.to /CyberWoman/2headed-infant.html (1376 words)

	USATODAY.com - Family buries girl who dies after doctors remove second head (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Rebeca Martinez sleeps at the CARE clinic in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, before her surgery.
		Rebeca was born Dec. 10 with the undeveloped head of her twin, an extremely rare condition known as craniopagus parasiticus.
		Rebeca was Hiciano's third child — along with a 4-year-old boy and 1-year-old girl.
	www.usatoday.com /news/health/2004-02-04-operation-usat_x.htm (836 words)

	CTV.ca - Infant dies after surgery to remove second head- CTV News, Shows and Sports -- Canadian Television
		Doctors had warned that Rebeca would be highly susceptible to infection or hemorrhaging after the operation, which lasted 11 hours and was believed to be the first of its kind.
		Doctors said Rebeca needed the operation to remove the second head because it was growing faster than the lower one.
		Rebeca's operation was funded by CURE International, a Pennsylvania charity that provides medical assistance to disabled children in developing countries.
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/print/CTVNews/1076164258559_71573458?hub=TopStories&subhub=PrintStory (487 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Removal successful of baby's 2nd head
		Rebeca is still susceptible to infection or hemorrhaging, he said.
		Rebeca was born on Dec. 17 with the undeveloped head of her twin, a condition known as craniopagus parasiticus.
		Rebeca is the eighth documented case in the world of craniopagus parasiticus, Hazim said.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,590041610,00.html (614 words)

	iafrica.com \| news \| world news Two-headed baby dies after op
		Two-month-old Rebeca Martinez died in a Dominican Republic hospital on Saturday, hours after an operation to remove a second head attached to her own.
		Rebeca's case had sparked an international wave of sympathy, and an international charity had paid for the 10-hour operation carried out on Friday by 18 doctors and nurses in the capital of the Caribbean nation.
		Rebeca was born with a second head on top of her cranium on December 10 in Santo Domingo.
	iafrica.com /news/worldnews/301103.htm (532 words)

	Blog of Death: Baby Rebeca
		Rebeca Martinez, an infant born with a second head, died on Feb. 7 from complications of surgery.
		Martinez was born Dec. 10 in the Dominican Republic connected to the undeveloped head of her twin, an extremely rare condition known as craniopagus parasiticus.
		She was only the eighth documented case in the world; all of the other infants with this condition died before birth.
	www.blogofdeath.com /archives/000729.html (209 words)

	Infant girl dies in Dominican Republic after surgery to remove second head on Sympatico / MSN Powered by MediResource
		Doctors said Rebeca had many transfusions during the operation, but that her blood wouldn't clot afterward due to the large amount of blood the body kept trying to pump to the second head.
		Her parents said doctors told them Rebeca would be born with a tumour on her head, but that none of the prenatal tests showed a second head.
		Rebeca was the couple's third child - along with a four-year-old boy and a one-year-old girl.
	mediresource.sympatico.ca /health_news_detail_pf.asp?news_id=3301 (850 words)

	USATODAY.com - Rebeca's doctors are proud of effort (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The baby, known as Rebeca, was born Dec. 10 with an undeveloped conjoined twin growing on the top of her head.
		Rebeca's surgery reportedly is the first time such a complex operation was attempted in a developing nation.
		CURE International, the Lemoyne, Pa.-based nonprofit organization that sponsored Rebeca's surgery, is dedicated to reducing the reliance of developing nations on the USA.
	www.usatoday.com /news/science/2004-02-08-rebeca-usat_x.htm (508 words)

	CNN.com - Baby born with two heads dies after surgery - Feb. 7, 2004
		Rebeca was believed to have been the first such person to have undergone surgery.
		Rebeca was born December 10 with the undeveloped head of her twin, an extremely rare condition known as craniopagus parasiticus.
		Rebeca was Hiciano's third child -- along with a 4-year-old boy and 1-year-old girl.
	www.cnn.com /2004/HEALTH/02/07/dominican.surgery.ap (825 words)

	CBC News:Baby with second head dies after surgery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Rebeca Martinez underwent an 11-hour operation, complicated by the fact that the two heads shared intertwined blood vessels.
		The baby was born in the Dominican Republic with craniopagus parasiticus, a condition caused when her conjoined twin failed to develop in the womb.
		Her parents said they were prepared for Rebeca to be born with a tumour on her head, but none of the prenatal tests showed an actual second head.
	www.cbc.ca /stories/print/2004/02/07/baby040207 (224 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Top Stories - Two-headed baby dies after her operation
		Eight-week-old Rebeca Martinez from the Dominican Republic was born with another head - a partially-formed twin - on top of her own.
		Before it began, Rebeca’s parents followed her to the door of the operating room and said a prayer over their baby, holding hands and gently caressing their daughter’s head.
		Martinez, a tailor, and his wife, who is a supermarket cashier, said doctors told them Rebeca would be born with a tumour on her head but that none of the prenatal tests showed a second head.
	news.scotsman.com /index.cfm?id=153792004 (1177 words)

	Webshots AP News Headlines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The parents of 7-week-old Rebeca Martinez followed her to the door of the operating room and said a prayer over their baby, holding hands and gently caressing their daughter's head.
		Although only partially developed, the mouth on her second head moves when Rebeca is being breast-fed. Tests indicate some activity in her second brain.
		Rebeca's mother and father Franklin Martinez, 29, waited in a separate room, watching baseball on television and receiving visitors who brought flowers and stuffed animals.
	daily.webshots.com /content/ap/current/h46767354.html (702 words)

	Dominican baby born with two heads
		Rebeca is the eighth documented case in the world of craniopagus parasiticus, said Dr. Santiago Hazim, medical director at CURE International's Center for Orthopedic Specialties in Santo Domingo, where the surgery will be performed.
		Rebeca shares blood vessels and arteries with her second head.
		Martinez and his 26-year-old wife, Maria Gisela Hiciano, say doctors told them before Rebeca was born that she would have a tumor on her head, but none of the prenatal tests showed a second head developing.
	www.blackissue.com /dominican_baby_born_with_two_hea.htm (430 words)

	Two-headed baby dies after op - @forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Earlier surgeons had said baby Rebeca Martinez was doing well after a complex 11-hour operation carried out by a team of 18 people on Friday.
		Born with the head of an undeveloped conjoined twin fused to the top of her skull, she was thought to be the first such baby to survive beyond birth.
		Rebeca, who was born in mid-December, was only the eighth documented case in the world of a condition known as parasitic twins.
	www.atforumz.com /showthread.php?t=224012 (405 words)

	NEPA News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Fully developed twins born conjoined at the head are extremely rare, accounting for one of every 2.5 million births, but parasitic twins, where one twin stops developing in the womb, are even rarer.
		Without an operation, Rebeca would have barely been able to lift her head at 3 months old.
		Rebeca's parents said they planned a funeral, but arrangements had yet to be announced.
	www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=10934446&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6 (567 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Conjoined twins - Surgeons begin marathon task of removing baby girl's second head
		Eighteen surgeons, nurses and doctors were working in shifts to cut off the undeveloped tissue, clip the veins and arteries and close the girl’s skull using a bone graft from another part of her body.
		Rebeca’s parents followed her to the door of the operating room and said a prayer over their baby, holding hands and placing one hand each on her fully formed head.
		Rebeca is the eighth documented case in the world of craniopagus parasiticus, Dr Hazim said.
	news.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=922&id=149712004 (744 words)

	Online edition of Sunday Observer - Business
		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 $100,000 operation was free for the parents, Maria Gisela Hiciano and Pablo Martinez, the hospital said.
		In Rebeca's case, there was a gap in her skull where the heads were joined, and the blood vessels were intertwined.
	www.sundayobserver.lk /2004/02/08/wor04.html (493 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Rebeca was only the eighth documented case in the world of a baby having the head of an undeveloped twin attached to the top of its skull, and the first to have surgery to remove the growth.
		A team of 18 doctors spent 11 hours operating on Rebeca to separate her from the second head, which threatened the girl's development.
		The operation was prolonged because the extra tissue attached to Rebeca's head included arteries, which had to be cut extremely carefully, to avoid hemorrhage.
	quickstart.clari.net /voa/art/ci/36F89AEA-CB84-4A2C-83DE1ADDD70C5B6B.html (209 words)

	Baby Dies After Removal Of Second Head
		The clinic treating Rebeca Martinez in Santo Domingo announced today that she had passed away after yesterday's marathon procedure to remove her second head was branded successful.
		A team of international doctors completed the operation successfully on Friday night but warned that Rebeca would face an uncertain 24 hours as she remained susceptible to infection and haemorrhaging.
		In Rebeca's case, there was a gap in her skull where the two heads were joined, and the blood vessels were intertwined.
	www.rense.com /general48/babydiesafterremoval.htm (155 words)

	CNN.com - Transcripts
		Rebeca Martinez passed away after undergoing a 12-hour operation to remove an extremely rare defect, a second head, with partially formed lips, eyes, ears and a primitive brain.
		CALLAWAY: Such a sad ending for little Rebeca, but it's fortunate that she was at least given the chance for this surgery in the Dominican Republic.
		But we were very pleased that we got so much support from American medical teams, and they were able to teach the Dominican doctors not only about this rare case, but skills that they will use in their daily practice in the days and weeks ahead.
	cnnstudentnews.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0402/08/sm.07.html (801 words)

	Baby girl dies after head surgery. 08/02/2004. ABC News Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Two-month-old Rebeca Martinez has died in a Dominican Republic hospital, hours after an operation to remove a second head attached to her own.
		Rebeca's case had sparked an international wave of sympathy and an international charity had paid for the 10-hour operation carried out by 18 doctors and nurses in the capital, Santo Domingo.
		Surgeons had initially been optimistic after the operation, which was believed to be the first of its kind, but complications started and the baby died after suffering massive hemorrhaging.
	www.abc.net.au /cgi-bin/common/printfriendly.pl?http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1040309.htm (378 words)

	CBS News \| Two-Headed Baby Dies After Surgery \| February 7, 2004 13:54:36
		A medical team completed the operation Friday night but said 8-week-old Rebeca Martinez died seven hours after the surgery, which doctors believed to be the first of its kind.
		Without an operation, her doctors said Rebeca would have barely been able to lift her head at 3 months old.
		Her parents said doctors told them Rebeca would be born with a tumor on her head but that none of the prenatal tests showed a second head.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2004/02/04/health/main597954.shtml (831 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / Latin America/Caribbean / Baby dies after surgery to remove 2d head
		SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- An infant girl born with a second head bled to death yesterday after complex surgery to remove her partially formed twin, her parents and doctors said.
		Martinez said the family would bury Rebeca in a private funeral later in the day.
		The girl lost much blood in the operation, which apparently caused her to suffer a heart attack, said Dr. Jorge Lazareff, the lead surgeon.
	www.boston.com /news/world/latinamerica/articles/2004/02/08/baby_dies_after_surgery_to_remove_2d_head?mode=PF (440 words)

	Rebeca, Me and the Freak Show
		EDITOR'S NOTE: In early Feb., infant Rebeca Martinez, born with a second head, bled to death after complex surgery to remove her partially formed twin.
		Looking at baby Rebeca, I know that if she had lived at the time of the freak show heyday, there would have at least been a warm welcoming place for her at the Table of Freak in the show business world of carnivals and circuses of yesteryear.
		One of the news stories said that Rebeca would have died under the weight of the attatched head -- that this is why surgery was performed.
	www.ragged-edge-mag.com /mediacircus/freakshowplatt0304.html (1328 words)

	UM City - Baby's 'second head' to be removed by surgery
		Baby Rebeca Martinez was born in the Dominican Republic in mid-December 2003 with the head of an undeveloped twin fused to the top of her skull.
		Although, Rebeca is otherwise a healthy baby, her brain will not be able to develop normally with the parasitic brain in place.
		One major artery, a branch of the carotid, is known to supply both brains, but until surgeons open the baby's skull they cannot be certain about other connections between the brains.
	www.universalmetropolis.com /city/threads.php?threadid=8166 (507 words)

	Caribbean Net News: Dominican Republic baby dies after surgery to remove second head
		SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AFP): Two-month-old Rebeca Martinez died in a Dominican Republic hospital on Saturday, hours after an operation to remove a second head attached to her own.
		Surgeons had initially been optimistic after the operation, which was believed to be the first of its kind, but complications started around dawn Saturday and the baby died after suffering massive hemorrhaging.
		Despite their sadness, the parents insisted on speaking publicly to thank the team of doctors -- led by Jorge Lazareff, head of pediatric neurosurgery at the University of California at Los Angeles's Children's Hospital -- and Cure International, which paid for the operation.
	www.caribbeannetnews.com /2004/02/08/surgery.htm (567 words)

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