Siamese females joined at the belly successfully separated

Peruvian conjoined twins who were born conjoined in the abdomen were successfully operated on San Bartolomé Hospital, Limain an intervention in which a multidisciplinary team of 28 specialists participated, the Ministry of Health (Minsa) reported.

After the intervention, carried out more than 20 days ago, Seven-month-old babies “develop favorably”specified the official information.

In this regard, the head of surgery of the National Maternal Perinatal Institute (INMP), Jaqueline Alvarado, highlighted the transfer of the mother from the northern region of Lambayeque and an evaluation was carried out that diagnosed a case of conjoined twins “who common abdominal structures“.

“He was offered the best experts to have the best chance of success. It’s a job for many peopleespecially inter-institutional”, he pointed out.

For his part, the head of the Department of Pediatric Surgery at San Bartolomé Hospital, Hugo Delgado, commented that in his institution it has been proven that babies they shared the left side of the liver and some veins and arteries were connected.

For that reason, The operation was scheduled when they were seven months old.. Which included a simulation in which “all the steps that would be followed during a surgical intervention were worked out in millimeter detail.”

Delgado pointed out that he has support liver transplant team at Guillermo Almenara Hospitalwith two surgeons leading the first part of the operation.

After the separation of the conjoined twins, who were born prematurely at 32 weeks’ gestation, another team of experts intervened to separate the shared organs and a team of pediatric surgeons repaired the abdominal cavity.

The head of the emergency and intensive care department of San Bartolomé Hospital, Julio César Villa, stated that The babies have been in post-operative care for 23 days.

After 10 days, one was fired, although the other was He remains in the intensive care unit (ICU) on “minimum oxygen support” and it is believed that in a few days he can be fired.

The director of San Bartolomé Hospital, Rocío León, emphasized that the success of the operation was achieved thanks to the inter-institutional work in which Multidisciplinary teams from Minsa and the social security system EsSalud participated..