The twins attached to their heads who underwent rare surgery to separate them were released today (Thursday) from Soroka Hospital.
The twins, girls of the year, were born at the hospital in August last year, with their heads attached at the back of it.
After months in which the twins underwent extensive tests and preparation for the rare surgery he successfully underwent, they were hospitalized for about a month in the pediatric intensive care unit and later in the pediatric surgery department for follow-up and further treatment required after the complex procedure they underwent.
The separation surgery itself took place a little over a month ago and lasted over 12 hours, dozens of staff members from the hospital participated and took part in the many preparations and execution.
This surgery was also preceded by a preliminary analysis.
The multidisciplinary team used three-dimensional and virtual reality (VR) models that most reliably and accurately simulated the complexity of the connection of the blood vessels, meninges, skull bones and skin of the two and allowed dozens of repetitions and simulations of surgery on its complex stages.
Excited medical staff at the hospital // Photo: Courtesy of Soroka,
After the blood vessels were successfully separated, the bones were separated and then the team split into two teams that worked in separate operating rooms to perform the skull reconstruction and skin closure of each of the girls.
"Many staff at Soroka are excited about this day with the family. It is a great sense of satisfaction for everyone involved in the process," said Dr. Mickey Gidon, Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Soroka. In the pediatric intensive care unit and in the pediatric surgery department, we will be there for them long after. "