Saudi Surgeons Operate on Two Tanzanian Twins
On Thursday, an operation to separate two Tanzanian Siamese twins started at King Abdullah Specialist Children Hospital.
The medical and surgical team for the separation of Siamese twins, led by the General Supervisor of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center Dr. Abdullah Al- Rabeeah, started this morning the process of separating the Tanzanian Siamese twins, Hassan and Hussein.
Dr. Al-Rabeeah explained that the surgery is expected to last 16 hours. It has 9 stages. 35 consultants and specialists from the departments of anesthesia, pediatric surgery, pediatric urology, plastic surgery and orthopedic surgery are participating in the operation, in addition to nursing and technical staff.
The medical examinations done in August showed that the twins are conjoined at the lower chest, abdomen, pelvis, liver, intestines, urinary system and one male genital organ. They both have deformity in the lower abdominal wall and urinary bladder. Each one of them has one lower limb and they both share a third, deformed lower limb.
Since its launching in 1990, the Saudi program for the separation of Siamese twins supervised 133 cases from 24 countries in 33 years. The program successfully separated 58, cases with this one being the 59th.
At the end of his statement, Al-Rabeeah thanked the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and the Crown Prince for their unwavering support for the separation of Siamese twins Saudi program. This program made Saudi Arabia a pioneer in this field in particular and the health sector in general. He prayed for this operation to be another addition to the program’s wall of achievement.
