King Abdullah Specialized Children’s Hospital (KASCH)

Special Saudi surgeons successfully separate conjoined 7-month-old twins in 12½-hour operation

Saudi surgeons successfully separate conjoined 7-month-old twins in 12½-hour operation

  • Twins Yara and Lara were joined at the lower abdomen and pelvis, had separate upper and lower limbs but shared some internal organs
  • ‘The joy after the separation of the twins is indescribable; it’s a completely different kind of happiness,” says their father Muaid Al-Shehri
  • This surgery is the 65th operation of its kind in the 35-year history of the Saudi Conjoined Twins Program
By Hajar AlQusayer ·