Conjoined twins separated

Conjoined twins separated

A team of doctors prepares to operate on conjoined twins
Dwipayanti and Dwipayani at the Soetomo General Hospital,
Surabaya.

After nine hours of complicated surgery, the team of doctors
finally separated the twins early on Sunday morning. Both babies
were reported fine after the operation, but the physicians would
continue to closely monitor their progress to avoid possible
complications.

Doctors at the hospital have so far successfully separated
nine of 18 pairs of conjoined twins, including Dwipayanti and
Dwipayani.

The conjoined twins were born eight months ago in a hospital
in Sanglah, Denpasar. They were brought to the Soetomo General
Hospital in Surabaya and underwent preliminary surgery there in
December last year, before final surgery on Saturday and Sunday.

Surgery to separate conjoined twins is among the most
complicated in the medical field as the surgery as it is high
risk and needs to involve dozens of doctors from various fields
of expertise. (Iman D. Nugroho)