RIYADH: A specialized surgical team has successfully separated Saudi conjoined twins who were attached at the hip and shared a spinal cord in an operation that lasted seven hours over seven stages, Saudi Press Agency reported on Thursday.
The surgery, which was carried out under directives from King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, required 28 consultants, specialists and nursing and technical personnel.
It is the 53rd operation conducted under the Saudi program to separate conjoined twins, according to Supervisor General of King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief), Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Rabeeah, who is also head of the medical and surgical team for surgeries of separating conjoined twins.
At the end of the procedure the patients were transferred to a children’s intensive care unit where they will remain under supervision for two days.
