The Ministry of Health reported that for the first time in the history of medicine, Siamese twins were separated by Uzbek doctors as a result of a very rare operation.
“Neonatal surgery educational-treatment-methodical center at the Republican perinatal center is a unique institution in terms of performing complex operations on newborns.
This can be seen from the influx of patients from neighboring countries.
Parents of Kyrgyz twins, who heard about this hospital from relatives in Uzbekistan, applied here in June of last year,” the ministry said.
It is reported that the babies born on May 31, 2022 are Siamese twins, and this unusual condition in them was detected at 28 weeks of pregnancy, and the expectant mother was sent from Osh to Bishkek. In the 29th week, the delivery process was carried out by “caesarean” method. When the babies (Fotima and Zuhra) were born, their total weight was 1,600 grams.
The abdominal part of the babies’ body, or rather the liver, was fused. Separating twins with the same internal organs was a very complicated and dangerous operation. They were born from a marriage between close relatives, that is, from the children of siblings.
10 days after the birth, the parents were told that the children had no chance of survival and were allowed to go home. However, the parents, who did not give up hope that their children would survive, contacted Bakhtiyor Ergashev, the head of the neonatal surgery center at the Republican Perinatal Center in Uzbekistan, by phone after a month.
Experienced neonatal surgeon, professor B. Ergashev said that it was necessary to undergo more thorough medical examinations. In October, babies were brought to the Neonatal Surgery Training-Treatment-Methodological Center of the Republican Perinatal Center. At that time, they were 5 months old.
“This extremely complex operation, which was performed at the training-treatment-methodological center of neonatal surgery, was carried out entirely by Uzbek doctors. We were closely assisted by our mentors – Director of the Center for Developing Professional Qualifications of Medical Workers, Professor Khabibullo Okilov and Head of Pediatric Surgery Department of TashPTI, Professor Nasriddin Ergashev.
Until December 16 of last year, the team of the Republican Perinatal Center consulted among themselves. The twins were fully conciliated. All high-tech medical equipment in the facility had been inspected. As an experiment, test operations were carried out, and both the medical team and technologies were brought to a state of readiness. After that, the operation was scheduled for December 19.
