Twins Bernardo and Arthur Lima, who were born with fused brains, were separated after a 27-hour operation and have been pictured holding hands as they recover in hospital
Bernardo and Arthur Lima, who were born with fused brains, underwent several operations in Rio de Janeiro, with the direction of Great Ormond Street Hospital paediatric surgeon Noor ul Owase Jeelani.
Bernardo and Arthur Lima, who were born with fused brains, underwent several operations in Rio de Janeiro.Surgeons in London and Rio spent months trialling techniques using virtual reality projections of the twins based on CT and MRI scans - something Mr Jeelani described as "space-age stuff". He said that previously unsuccessful attempts to separate the boys meant their anatomy was complicated by scar tissue, and he was "really apprehensive" about the risky procedure.
He added that, as with all conjoined twins after separation, the boys' blood pressures and heart rates were "through the roof" - until they were reunited four days later and touched hands.He added that his charity has fast become a "global repository for knowledge and experience" of separation surgery, and he hopes it will serve as a model for a "global health service" providing expert care in other rare diseases.
He led the procedure alongside Dr Gabriel Mufarrej, head of paediatric surgery at Instituto Estadual do Cerebro Paulo Niemeyer in Brazil. "We are delighted that the surgery went so well and the boys and their family have had such a life-changing outcome."
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