Conjoined twins successfully separated
Trishna (top) and Krishna (bottom)
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Tuesday, 17, Nov 2009 10:39
By Sarah Garrod.
Surgeons in Australia have successfully separated conjoined twins in a 25-hour operation.
Trishna and Krishna, Bangladeshi three-year-old twins who were joined at the head, are said to be "doing well" after a team at Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) in Melbourne separated them.
The operation, which started at 2300 GMT on Sunday, was completed 24 hours later when neurosurgeons divided the children's brains.
Today RCH chief of surgery Dr Leo Donnan said: "It was amazing to see them.
"The girls look very different."
Dr Donnan said the priority over the next days and weeks was to keep an eye on them in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit and monitor their progress. He said it would be several days before any form of success could be measured.
Dr Donnan praised the entire team involved in the marathon operation for their efforts since the girls were admitted on Sunday, adding: "The planning for this procedure was just as important as the procedure itself."
The girls are expected to remain in an induced coma for some days. There is a 50 per cent chance of the girls suffering brain damage.
The girls arrived in Australia two years ago. They were flown over by the Children First Foundation, because of the poor survival rates after similar operations in Bangladesh.