Separation of Year-old Conjoined Twins Successful at Mumbai Hospital

One-year-old conjoined twins, who shared a common liver, intestine and urinary bladder were separated in an extensive surgery that lasted 12 hours.

One-year-old twins, conjoined at the abdomen, have been successfully separated at the Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital on Wednesday.

Love and Prince were born with a common liver, intestine and urinary bladder in November 2016.

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‘Both babies safely separated by the 12 hour surgical procedure with a medical team of 20 doctors.’

According to the hospital, the separation surgery went on for 12 hours and a team of 20 doctors planned and performed the entire procedure.

"At around 24 weeks of pregnancy, Seetal Zalte’s (mother of the conjoined twins) conception of conjoined twins was diagnosed," said Minnie Bodhanwala, CEO of the Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital.

"The medical staff at the hospital ensured the parents were counselled about the twins’ condition before delivery and a decision to deliver was taken."

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After 18 hours of surgery, the heads of the conjoined twins from Odisha have been separated successfully. The health condition of the children is stable.

After various sessions and extensive investigations during the last one year, the surgery was performed on Tuesday (December 12) and was successful.

Love and Prince underwent this complicated surgery at this tender age and are currently stable in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, said Bodhanwala.

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He said that the twins will be under observation for a few days which will be followed by multiple surgeries to ensure they are healthy and fit to survive.

"The most challenging part of the surgery was to provide skin to cover both the children," said Bodhanwala.

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Jadon and his brother Anias, 13 months old, were born conjoined at the head. Doctors separated the boys in a 27-hour surgery on October 13.

The success story of the surgery was announced during a press conference held here at the Wadia Hospital.

Expressing happiness over the success of the surgery, Zalte said: "I am happy that I have got both of my babies back. I have no words to thank the doctor."

Source-IANS