31 jan 2016, 23:54

Separation of Conjoined twins ’medical sensation’

BERN –

Swiss doctors have Siamese twins of eight days old are separated. It is the first time that such a procedure is successful at such young children, says the hospital in Bern. The doctors speak of a ” medical sensation’.

The two girls, Lydia and Maya, are part of a set of triplets. The third child was born healthy. The babies are eight weeks early, came into the world. Together weighing the two children only 2.2 pounds. They shared a liver, but had all the vital organs. The success rate of the surgery would be but one per cent.

The five-hour long surgery was performed on 10 december, two months earlier than planned. The condition of the girls was so bad that further waiting is no longer an option. Through the shared liver of the girls poured a large amount of blood from one baby to the other. One child had too little blood, while the other has a much to high blood pressure.