Pygopagus twins successfully separated in 6 hour surgery at HFH
Islamabad
March 17, 2021
Rawalpindi : Six-month-old female conjoined twins Merab and Manahil were recovering at Holy Family Hospital after surgeons successfully separated them in a marathon surgery.
Talking to this agency on Tuesday, Dr. Mudassar Gondal, head of surgery of the Paediatric Surgery Department at the Holy Family Hospital (HFH), a team of doctors including anaesthesia team comprising Dr Ahmed and Dr. Ayesha headed by Prof Jawad Zaheer and surgeons Prof Nadeem Akhtar, Assistant Professor Dr. Yasir Shehzad and Senior Resident Dr. Mudassar Abbas Siddique, successfully dissected and reconstructed the spinal cord.
He said Pygopagus twins were born six months ago at the HFH with a common sacrum and a common subarachnoid space, and their vaginas and anal canals shared a common posterior wall called as Pygopagus congenital twins in medical terminology.
Surgeons separate conjoined twins in Rawalpindi
Six-month-old baby girls recuperating at HFH
APP
March 17, 2021
RAWALPINDI:
In what can best be described as a miraculous and marathon operation, surgeons at Rawalpindi s Holy Family Hospital (HFH) successfully managed to separate six-month-old female conjoined twins Merab and Manahel, who are now recuperating at the facility.
Speaking to the media, HFH Head of Paediatric Surgery Department Dr Mudassar Gondal said besides him, the other experts on the team were Dr Ahmed, Dr. Ayesha, Prof Jawad Zaheer, Prof Nadeem Akhtar, Assistant Professor Dr Yasir Shehzad and Senior Resident Dr Mudassar Abbas Siddique We successfully dissected and reconstructed the spinal cord, he added.