US EditionA “success”: 25 years later, Dona Estefânia separated Siamese twins again. What is involved in this type of surgery and what are the risks?
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Four-year-old twins, of Angolan nationality, were separated through a procedure that took 14 hours. They are in intensive care and face other surgeries and months of recovery ahead.
The operation was prepared with three German doctors who brought an innovative material to Portugal that allowed the sisters' abdominal wall to be closed without prostheses or external materials.
Four-year-old female twins, whose names and nationality were not revealed by the hospital due to privacy concerns, spent 14 hours in the operating room
Bibiane and Domingas, three-year-old Siamese twins united by the basin, came from Angola eight months ago to undergo surgery in Portugal. This was a risky intervention that lasted for 19 hours.
The twins, foreigners, whose names and nationality the hospital did not reveal for privacy reasons, spent 14 hours in the operating room, with a multidisciplinary team, in a procedure that took place in the operating room only with professionals from the Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central (CHULC), but which was prepared with the collaboration of three German doctors. These three doctors were responsible for using an innovative mat…
On July 28, the D. Estefânia Hospital, in Lisbon, performed a rare surgery “of enormous complexity and risk” to separate four-year-old Siamese twins, united by the abdomen and pelvic region, which “was a success”. The twins, foreigners, whose names and nationality the hospital did not reveal due to privacy reasons, spent 14 hours in the operating room, with a multidisciplinary team, in a procedure that took place in the operating room only with …
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