Heather and Riley Delaney were told during a prenatal ultrasound that the twins they were expecting were joined at the top of their heads, a connection type called craniopagus conjoined twins. They said the condition of the twin who passed away became critical following the procedure. After a prenatal diagnosis, preparing for separation. The medical team faced significant challenges in trying to separate the twins, according to the report. Unfortunately, the procedure to separate Yusuf and Yassin, which lasted around 15 hours, resulted in one of the twins passing away, the official Saudi Press Agency reported.ĭoctors said the cause of death of the twin was cardiac arrest and a drastic drop in blood circulation. King Abdulaziz Medical City itself has hosted several successful separation surgeries before, according to Saudi authorities. The transfer to the hospital was part of a Saudi national program for separating conjoined twins. The boys were transferred from Yemen to Saudi Arabia-which backs the government in the Yemeni war-for the separation surgery at King Abdulaziz Medical City in Riyadh, on the orders of Saudi King Salman, Abu Dhabi-based newspaper The National reported.
In the case of Yusuf and Yassin, doctors said that the brothers were conjoined in several organs. But in some cases, one or both of the twins survive, with or without surgery.Ĭonjoined twins who share critical organs often have a poorer prognosis. Many of these twins die in the first few days and weeks of life, or are stillborn.
A conjoined twin has died in Saudi Arabia during a procedure intended to separate him from his twin.
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