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Conjoined Iraqi twins successfully separated

A Saudi medical team successfully seperated a pair of conjoined Iraqi twins on Saturday, making Eyad and Ziad the 20th pair of conjoined twins to be successfully separated at King Adul Aziz Medical City (KAMC).

  • By Mariam Al Hakeem, Correspondent
  • Published: 13:54 October 26, 2008
  • Gulf News

  • After a grueling eight hour operation, Iraqi conjoined twins, Eyad and Ziad, were successfully separated at the King Adulaziz Medical City in Riyadh, Saudi media reported on Sunday.
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Riyadh: A Saudi medical team successfully separated a pair of conjoined Iraqi twins on Saturday, making Eyad and Ziad the 20th pair of conjoined twins to be successfully separated at King Adul Aziz Medical City (KAMC).

The twins were brought from the northern Iraqi city of Mosul as per the directives of King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz and are said to be responding very well to the post operation treatment, the hospital said in a statement.

Ahead of schedule

"The marathon surgical separation continued for nearly eight hours and was completed four hours ahead of schedule," Dr Abdullah Al Rabeeah, who led the team at KAMC, said. Eyad and Ziad will remain in the hospital for a few months before returning to their home country.

The surgical process of separating the 36-week old conjoined twins took place in eight phases. Dr Al Rabeeah said it had taken a few months for the malnourished children to gain enough weight for the operation. The doctors first detached the abdomen and then proceeded to separate the liver, he added.

Dr Khalid Abdul Rahman Al Mazrouie, who was a member of the surgical team, said that the first phase of the surgery started at 7.45am on Saturday, and an incision to the deep structure of the body was carried out in the afternoon.

"There were no medical complications and the surgical process was concluded smoothly," said Dr Mohammad Zamakhshari, consultant pediatric surgeon at KAMC.

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