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For the first time in Israel: twins born attached to their heads were separated by a rare operation
After months of preparations, the girls of the year were operated on at Soroka Hospital by many specialists.
This is after virtual reality models made it possible to see common blood vessels and perform a simulation of all stages of the operation.
"The next few days will be critical in the process of recovery and recovery"
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Sunday, 05 September 2021, 12:30
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For the first time in Israel, one-year-old twins born with their heads connected were separated on Thursday in a complex operation performed at Soroka Hospital.
This, after many months of preparation and preparation for the operation.
The twins were born in August last year with attached at the back of their heads.
From the day of the birth, the family was accompanied by dozens of staff members.
Months before the operation, preparations for it had already begun and comprehensive and continuous tests were performed, in parallel with the monitoring of the infants' cardiac and respiratory function.
Prior to the surgery, a three-dimensional model was used, which accurately simulated the connection of the blood vessels, meninges, skull bones and skin of the two, and a model of virtual reality, through which dozens of simulations were performed and returned prior to surgery.
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The surgery itself, which lasted more than 12 hours, involved about 50 staff members, including specialists in neurosurgery, plastic surgery, pediatric anesthesia, pediatric intensive care and brain imaging, as well as two international experts with experience in the field.
"This is a rare and complex operation, performed so far in the world only about 20 times and for the first time in Israel and in this case also in very young babies," said Dr. Mickey Gidon, director of pediatric neurosurgery at Soroka. Patients, and it reinforces the feeling that we have become doctors.
The next few days will be critical in the process of the twins' recovery and recovery. "
Prior to the operation, a three-dimensional model was used (Photo: official website, Walla system!)
The director of the hospital, Dr. Shlomi Kadosh: "This is a particularly unusual event of a pair of twins attached to their heads.
And it is important to understand that there is no one who treats it in an orderly manner and our team has done an in-depth job and in collaboration with senior doctors from around the world the goal has been achieved.
Of course, this was preceded by a theoretical teamwork of all the teams that brought their abilities in a variety of areas until we reached the execution stage. "
Dr. Mickey Gidon, who led the move, explained that" any complication can be a disaster. Every brain surgery is complex. In two brains and a connection of blood vessels. Last Thursday the operation was carried out. The operation had to take about 12 hours. At 10:47 the operation began. The operation was normal. To me it is a miraculous operation and the culmination of my career. "To put on such an operation. I am full of happiness. Soon Rosh Hashanah and for me, the Rosh Hashanah operation, connected twins, ended successfully."
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