UAE: One-year-old girl undergoes 6-hour surgery to separate conjoined organs

UAE: One-year-old girl undergoes 6-hour surgery to separate conjoined organs

Only one child out of every 25,000 suffers from this condition, say doctors

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Published: Wed 5 Apr 2023, 4:23 PM

A one-year-old girl, suffering from rare deformities, underwent a six-hour-long surgery at Al Qassimi Women and Children’s Hospital in Sharjah.

The doctors at the hospital successfully performed a complex surgery to separate the conjoined organs, which included deformities in the urethra, vagina, and anus. Tests revealed she suffered from deformations in the urinary tract, with the kidneys not being in the regular place.

Following a thorough study of the case, the medical team at the hospital set an integrated treatment plan. As a result, a complex surgery was performed, during which the medical team was able to separate the organs successfully.

Dr Khalid Khalfan Bin Sabet, consultant paediatric surgeon, and Medical Director of Al Qasimi Women’s and Children’s Hospital explained that surgeries of this kind are complex and need to be performed in advanced, world-class centres due to their difficulty. “The deformities that the patient suffered from are rare, affecting one child out of every 25,000,” said Dr Sabet.

“These congenital anomalies are discovered during childbirth. Temporary external anastomoses are typically made from the colon to facilitate the excretion process before