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Approximately, the chance of twins being born conjoined is only 1 out of 200,000 births, and amongst all conjoined twins, only 6% are joined at the hips as these . Their case is an extremely rare occurrence.
On July 15, around 100 doctors and nurses at the Ho Chi Minh City Children’s Hospital, Children’s Hospital 1 and 2, Cho Ray Hospital and others in HCM City took part in a successful operation to separate conjoined twins - Hoang Dieu Nhi and Hoang Truc Nhi.
| Photo: Ho Chi Minh City Children’s Hospital. |
As announced, the twins are 13 months old and weigh 15 kilogrammes, and are in good health. Because their development indexes are the same as healthy children, doctors said the surgery was now safe to perform.
The operation began at 6AM and successfully finish at 6PM. It was split into 3 main stages: a preoperative preparation, then separating the twins’ digestive systems and genitals, and finally orthopaedics – where their bones and organs are corrected. Moreover, they also performed additional operations on the children, including plastic surgery.
Professor Tran Dong A, 79, is one of nine key doctors performing the operation. Doctors have prepared scenarios and predicted risks since June 2019 when the twins were born, he said. All is going as planned, and the patients’ vitals are stable.
Earlier, Tran Dong A was responsible for the legendary surgery to separate the conjoined twins Nguyen Duc and Nguyen Viet back in 1988. This surgery was seen as a major step forward for the medical field of Vietnam, and it remains one of the most well-known cases in the country to this day.
The case of Truc Nhi and Dieu Nhi has received extensive media coverage in Vietnam and drawn in lots of sentiments from netizens. News of their surgery going well so far indeed comes as a relief.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Acting Minister of Heath Nguyen Thanh Long on July 15 evening sent a special congratulation message to the team of doctors who carried out the surgery and at the same time passed on their best wishes to the two baby sisters.