A 3,000-mile journey, two surgical teams, ten-hour operations… The epic struggle to separate conjoined twins from Sudan.
A pair of Pakistani conjoined twins are finally living independent lives after a 100-strong team of British medical experts spent 50 hours performing complex surgery to separate them.
Twins who were born joined at the head have been successfully separated by a team of British doctors. Their parents say they are “very grateful” to be going home with “two separate and healthy girls”.
The parents of rare conjoined twins separated at a London hospital declared them ‘almost reborn’ as they made an emotional return to their homeland on Wednesday.
The medical team in charge prepared for months working with 3D models, both computational and physical, and virtual reality.
A helping hand from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has fulfilled a dream come true for the parents of the Siamese twins.
2-year-old boys underwent successful surgery in UK
Over the weekend, charity Gemini Untwined facilitated a third successful lifesaving operation to separate conjoined twins.