Yesterday, the medical and surgical team of the Saudi Al -Yamal Al -Meltaa program managed to separate the Eritrean twins “Asma and Sumaya” at King Abdullah Specialist Hospital for Children in King Abdulaziz Medical City for the National Guard in Riyadh, after a precise surgery that took 15 and a half hours.
The advisor to the Royal Court, the general supervisor of the King Salman Center for Relief and Humanitarian Action, confirmed the head of the medical and surgical team of the Saudi -Encoupsed Program, Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al -Rabiah, that an enforcement of the supreme directives from the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and Prince Muhammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Crown Prince, Prime Minister, the medical and surgical team separated the twins “Asma and Sumaya” from the Republic of Eritrea, who are two years old and stick to the head.
Dr. Abdullah Al -Rabiah indicated that 36 consultants and specialists participated in the specializations of anesthesia, neurosurgery, plastic surgery and nursing artistic cadres, and nervous navigation technology and surgical microscope were used to ensure precise planning and reach the highest safety levels.
He stated that this operation is No. 64 within the Saudi program for adhesive twins, which included 27 countries around the world, and took advantage of more than 149 twins during 35 years, indicating that the program is with great support and interest from the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and His Highness and Crown Prince, and has proven throughout its successive medical success Saudi Medical and the efficiency of local medical teams.
And Dr. Abdullah Al -Rabiah in his name and in the name of all members of the medical and surgical team, the highest verses of thanks, appreciation and gratitude to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and his Crown Prince, for the unlimited support and the continuous follow -up that the Saudi program for the adherent twins, thanks to the members of the medical and surgical team who provided the juice of their professional and medical experience in order to create the best conditions for the success of the process and the safety of the twin.
For his part, a child and neurosurgery consultant, Head of the Department of Neurosurgery, Dr. Mu’tasim Al -Zoubi, that the twins underwent a thorough evaluation of multiple tests that showed the twin subscription in the bones of the skull, the membranes of the brain, veins and some arteries, which necessitated the conduct of the separation process in several stages, the first surgeries followed by three operations through the interventional rays of the arteries and the common veins, and the children’s plastic surgery team also put balloons under the skin; In order to extend the skin for months, so that the void can be covered after the separation.
For their part, the families of the twins expressed their thanks and gratitude to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, and his Crown Prince, for the specialized medical team conducting the process of separating the twins and providing the necessary treatment for them, praising the great humanitarian work that the Kingdom is doing, appreciating the warm reception and generous hospitality during their stay in the Kingdom
