Egyptian twins separation is successful
A 26-hour operation carried out by American surgeons has separated a pair of two-year-old twins joined at the head.
The Egyptian brothers have survived the life-threatening operation, but are not out of danger yet.
Surgeons at a Dallas hospital say that the dangerous operation went as hoped
‘Things have gone according to surgical plans,’ Dr Jim Thomas, chief of critical care at the Children’s Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, explained.
Mohamed and Ahmed Ibrahim were born conjoined at the tops of their heads. The condition meant that the boys could not close their eyes, or stand up. They also had trouble swallowing and would have faced certain and progressive loss of functions had they remained as they were.
The twins will remain in a drug-induced coma for the next few days to allow brain swelling to go down. They will both require considerable further surgery to close the hole in their skulls left by the separation.
