The specialized medical and surgical team of the Saudi Conjoined Twins Program (SCTP) achieved a new medical milestone today by successfully separating Tanzanian conjoined twins Nancy and Nice.
The operation was performed at King Abdullah Specialized Children’s Hospital (KASCH) at King Abdulaziz Medical City of the Ministry of National Guard in Riyadh.
Advisor to the Royal Court, Supervisor General of King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) and head of the Surgical and Multidisciplinary Team for the SCTP Dr. Abdullah Al Rabeeah stated: "By the grace of Allah and the dedicated efforts of my colleagues on the medical and surgical team, the Tanzanian twins Nancy and Nice were separated after a 16-and-a-half-hour procedure conducted across 10 stages."
He added that the operation involved 35 consultants, specialists, and nursing and technical staff from the fields of anesthesia, pediatric surgery, plastic surgery, pediatric urology, pediatric orthopedics, and other supporting specialties to ensure the highest levels of precision and safety throughout every stage of the procedure.
Dr. Al Rabeeah detailed that the twins were conjoined at the lower chest, abdomen, and pelvis. Each had one lower limb, and they shared a third, deformed lower limb.
They also shared a liver, large intestine, anus, and urinary and reproductive systems, with a shared external genitalia malformation.
