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 Re: Conjoined Korean Twins Set for Singapore Surgery (Re: sympatico)
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Four-Month-Old Korean Conjoined Twins Separated in Successful Surgery
Baby girls Ji Hye (Wisdom) and Sa Rang (Love), born with their pelvis fused together, can now look forward to life as independent individuals, thanks to a successful surgery to separate them.
In what was the first case of ischiopagus separation in Singapore, the four- month old babies were separated by a multidisciplinary team of specialists at Raffles Hospital after a 4½ hour operation.
Leading the team was Dr Yang Ching Yu, Deputy Medical Director of Raffles Hospital, and Dr Keith Goh, consultant neurosurgeon, Raffles Hospital.
The team comprised specialists in the field of neurosurgery, paediatric surgery, plastic surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology, urology, orthopaedic surgery, paediatrics and anaesthesia, and 50 other medical support staff.
Separation surgery was essential if the girls wanted a chance to develop as normal children.
The girls could not feed properly as the way they were joined forced them to lie on one side. The position also caused their ######### to be flattened.
Said Dr Yang: "The girls have to be separated at this stage because if we wait any longer, they may develop severe skull and spinal deformities. Without separation, they will never walk properly."
Following the separation, the girls will undergo rehabilitation to ensure that they develop like normal children.
http://www.raffleshospital.com/koreantwins/koreantwins.asp
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