Riyadh: The medical and surgical team specialized in separating Siamese twins has begun the surgery to separate Iraqi conjoined twins Ali and Omar, on Thursday morning, reported the Saudi Press Agency.
The surgery is expected to take around 11 hours and is implemented in six surgical phases, where a medical staff of twenty-seven doctors and specialists, in addition to technicians and nursing staff, are taking part in it.
Led by Advisor at the Royal Court and Supervisor General of King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Rabeeah, the surgery is being performed at King Abdullah Specialized Children’s Hospital (KASCH).
Dr. Al Rabeeah said that the twins are conjoined in the lower chest and abdomen, and according to pre-surgical examinations, they share the liver, bile ducts and intestines.
With today’s surgery, twin separation surgeries total 54 as part of the Saudi Program for separating conjoined twins that included studying more than 127 Siamese twins cases from 23 countries.
