2023-06-22 08:13:39
A Saudi surgical team managed to separate the Egyptian Siamese twins, Salma and Sarah, who share the head area, following a complex 17-hour surgery, which began at 8 am yesterday, Wednesday, and 31 consultants, specialists, technicians and nursing staff from anesthesia and neurosurgery specialties participated in it. Pediatric, cosmetic and pediatric surgery.
The official Saudi Press Agency quotedSPAOn the authority of the head of the medical and surgical team in the operations to separate Siamese twins, Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Rabeeah, that the twins arrived in the Kingdom on November 23 of the year 2021, and the medical team conducted accurate medical examinations that showed the involvement of the twins in the brain and venous sinuses around the brain.
Al-Rabeeah indicated that the surgical team, led by Dr. Mutasem Al-Zoubi from pediatric neurosurgery, Dr. Muhammad Al-Fouzan from plastic surgery, and Dr. Nizar Al-Zoghaibi from pediatric anesthesia, decided to perform the separation operation in four separate operations, including several weeks to months, to separate the brain and the common venous sinuses.
The twins underwent three skin stretching operations by plastic surgery, while the four separation operations took approximately 57 hours, including 17 hours for the last operation.
Al-Zoubi stated that the involvement was complicated in the adhesion area, especially the location of the venous sinuses, which made the surgical team perform the operation in four separate stages during the past months to ensure the safety of the twins.
On the other hand, Al-Rabiah mentioned that the Saudi program for separating conjoined twins was able, during the past 33 years, to take care of 130 Siamese twins from 23 countries, pointing to the recent operation that bears the number 57 of the program, which is “one of the largest international scientific experiences in this delicate specialty.”
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