Digital Desk: A UK-based
surgeon successfully split Brazilian twins who were linked at the head. Both
Bernardo and Arthur Lima, who are approximately 4 years old, underwent at least
seven surgeries in Rio de Janeiro under the supervision of Dr. Noor ul Owase
Jeelani of the Great Ormond Street Hospital in London. The two most recent
operations to separate the boys with joined brains, known as craniopagus twins,
took 33 hours to complete and required the assistance of more than 100 medical
professionals, the news source added. Before the delicate treatment started in
real life, surgeons spent months honing several procedures in virtual reality.
Along with Dr. Jeelani, the surgery department director at
Instituto Estadual do Cerebro Paulo Niemeyer, Dr. Gabriel Mufarrej was
supervising the procedure. According to the report, the operation was a
"amazing achievement" according to the UK-based paediatric surgeon.
The twins, who have a merged brain and are almost four years
old, are the oldest craniopagus twins to have undergone separation.
genuine started.
According to Dr. Mufarrej, the parents of the boys visited the Brazilian hospital two and a half years ago. In the hospital, they had "become a member of our family," he continued.
The parents of the boys received assistance from Mr. Jeelani's organisation, Gemini Untwined, in raising money for the procedure. One of the most difficult separation procedures ever finished, according to the charity, was separating Bernardo and Arthur. Many doctors did not even believe it was feasible.
According to Metro's article, which cited the organisation, both boys are making good progress while recovering in the hospital and will receive support for six months of rehabilitation.
Conjoined twins are born every 60,000 births, however only 5% of them have craniopagus syndrome.
