Four-month-old Siamese twins from Morocco, connected since birth at the chest and stomach, were separated in a successful operation at the King Abdul Aziz Medical City of the National Guard (KAMC), here, Saturday. Safa and Marwa, who shared the same liver and digestive system, were operated by a multidisciplinary team of 24 medical and paramedical staff, in a seven-phase surgery which took approximately nine hours. The two girls have been transferred to the PICU (Pediatric Intensive Care Unit), said a press release issued by KAMC. In a press conference after the separation, Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabi'ah, Consultant Pediatric Surgeon, NGHA, who led the surgical team, said the seven-stage operation was successful. This is the 19th such operation carried out successfully at the center, he said. --MORE
