In Israel, in early September 2021, Siamese twin sisters who were born with the back of their heads were separated from each other.
Be'er Scheva - An Israeli clinic team separated Siamese twins in a complicated operation.
The two sisters were born in August 2020 with a connection on the back of their heads.
So after the operation, they saw each other for the first time in over a year.
The roughly 12-hour intervention in Beersheba in southern Israel had cost over 50 people almost a year of preparation.
In addition to doctors from Israel, international experts in the field of medicine were also involved.
According to the statement of the responsible surgeon Dr.
Mickey Gideon has only given 20 comparable surgeries.
In Israel, the intervention on Thursday (September 2nd, 2021) is so far unique.
Siamese twins successfully separated: international team succeeds in rare operations
In addition to the actual separation of the Siamese sisters, the doctors, who came from many European countries and sometimes even from the USA, also had to reconstruct the girls' meninges and skulls.
A team specializing in plastic surgery then sealed the skin on the back of both sisters' heads.
The twins would recover well, a clinical team reported to the Jerusalem Post.
(ska)
The fact that an operation attracts international attention * also happens now and then in clinics in the region: a few weeks ago doctors from all over Europe watched an operation live at the Bürgerhospital in Einbeck.
Here a neurosurgeon had used a unique surgical method.
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