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 LIMA, Peru (AP) - Doctors on Thursday gave the world its first peak at 13-month-old Milagros Cerron since surgery to separate her fused legs in the second such successful operation on record to correct "mermaid syndrome."
Grasping a pink and green plastic toy dog, the bright-eyed baby was alert and tranquil while Dr. Luis Rubio flexed her toes and spoke to her softly.
Rubio on Thursday defended the unprecedented media coverage of Milagros' case after criticism from the regional dean of Peru's medical board that graphically televising her surgery live on Peru's Tuesday night news broadcasts violated medical ethics.
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