connected : the story of the seemingly impossible separation of Pedro and Augusto 2023

Release date

09/11/2023

The Emmy-award winning Connected documentary follows the seemingly impossible separation of conjoined twins, Pedro and Augusto. The 5-year-old boys came to Dayton Children’s from Guatemala in July 2021 joined at the top of the head with a 90 degree turn, classified as craniopagus O’Connell class III. The condition is incredibly rare with an estimated 50 craniopagus twins born every year, with only an estimated 15 of those surviving more than a few months. The documentary chronicles the two years that surgeons and staff spent preparing and executing the series of separation surgeries for this rare and complex condition.