Miracle: they manage to separate two 3-year-old Siamese twins joined by the head
The The Siamese twins Bernardo and Arthur Lima amazed the world ever since they were born with their heads togetherand so much more hour after hour of surgery for that final procedure managed to separate themand involved surgeons from Brazil and the UK.
Children of three years they had to face more than 33 hours in the operating room in the last two procedures alone, which involved nearly 100 health workers in Rio de Janeiro. But they were nothing less than that seven surgeries.
The miracle of the Siamese twins joined the head
The Siamese submitted a total of seven operations after the surgeons spent months trying several virtual reality techniques before the delicate surgery really began.
Noor ul Owase Jeelani with Bernardo (left) and Arthur, and their parents Adriely and Antonia Lima.
The health care staff praised the result that “life changed”with Bernardo and Arthur recovering about two and a half years after their parents went to the hospital for help, the British outlet reports. meter.
The images show the twins before and after the surgery. In a shocking postcard, they are seen in a hospital bed, Already separated, blindfolded and holding hands.
Doctors from Brazil and the United Kingdom
The attention of the little ones was under the direction of Noor ul Owase Jeelani, a pediatric surgeon at Great Ormond Street Hospital. He was accompanied by Dr. Gabriel Mufarrejhead of pediatric surgery at the Paulo Niemeyer State Brain Institute.
Jeelani called the operation a “precious result” by doctors, but added that the charity relies on public donations to continue its work.
Touching. Bernardo and Arthur Lima, the 3 year old Siamese twins joined the skull which were separated.
“The successful separation of Bernardo and Arthur is an extraordinary achievement for the Rio team and a fantastic example of why the work of Gemini Untwined is so valuable.”
And he had the task of highlighting: “Not only have we provided a new future for children and their families, but we also provide training and confidence to successfully undertake such complex work again in the future“.
In this sense, he once again stressed the vital importance of working together and exchanging knowledge around the world.
The two main surgeons of the team: Noor ul Owase Jeelani and Gabriel Mufarrej.
“They have become our family”
Dr. Mufarrej noted that the hospital where he works has been treating the children for two and a half years.
“Since the parents of the children came from their home in the Roraima region (north of Brazil) to Rio de Janeiro (south-east of the country) to seek our help, they join our family here in the hospital“he said tenderly.
“We are delighted that the surgery went so well and that the children and their family had a life changing result“.
The work was supported by Gemini Untwined, a charity founded by Jaleeni to raise money for the brothers born to the head, known as craniopagus twins.
Bernardo and Arthur Lima were treated by doctors for two and a half years.
The charity suggested that separating Bernardo and Arthur was one of the most complex separation procedures ever undertaken, and many surgeons didn’t even think it was possible.
Since the twins are nearly four years old, they are also i older craniophagous twins with a fused brain who have been separated.
Both twins are recovering well in the hospital and will be supported with six months of rehabilitation, they explained.
About 100 health workers in the twins’ last surgery.
And one fact helps to give a dimension to the case: one in 60,000 births results in Siamese twins, and only 5% of these are craniopagiaccording to Gemini data.
Source: Clarin