Little Tuqa and Yakeen Al Khadar were literally inseparable since their birth four years ago in war-torn Syria. The girls were conjoined at their skull but have two independent brains, that allowed doctors to perform a life-changing operation.
They were transported to the Specialist Children’s Hospital in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh, where undergone prepatory surgeries before the final one this weekend. It took 10 hours and 22 highly-professional doctors and nurses to separate the four-year-olds.
Dr Ahmad Al-Furrayan, head of the medical team, said: “The twins were conjoined at the head and that meant this was one of the most complicated and difficult Siamese cases.” He belives the results of the operation would be successful and the girls would be able to start their own lives.
Twins conjoined at the skull or otherwise sraniopagus are extremely rare phenomenon thar occurs only once in every 2,5 million births. Approximately 40% of such twins are stillborn and an additional 33% die within the immediate perinatal period, usually from organ abnormalities and failure.
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