Two conjoined twins have been successfully separated after a surgery at the Aga Khan University Hospital, the first of its kind at the hospital and in Karachi.
Their parents I*, a police official, and U*, residents of Pano Akil, expressed their delight after the successful surgery as they had lost all hope of having the procedure done.
Conjoined twins are rare, their estimated incidence is one in 250,000 of live births. In this particular case, S* and M*, were joined from the lower breastbone to the upper abdomen, and shared a liver.
For the first two weeks of the girls’ lives, I* went from doctor to doctor looking for help. He even travelled to Karachi, where doctors at a hospital told him that nothing could be done at the time and to return when the girls were older. Distressed but not defeated, I* returned home with his daughters.
When the girls were around three and half months old, I* and U* once again found themselves in Karachi where a doctor referred them to the Aga Khan University Hospital.
“When we received the two girls, we were happy to see that at least one of them had been progressing at par with other children in the same age group,” said Dr Zafar Nazir, the paediatric surgeon who treated the twins.
Click here to read more http://tribune.com.pk/story – The Express Tribune.
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