Medical
Doctors in China worked tirelessly to separate five-month-old twins Yu Ce Yuan
and Yu Ce Xiang - known as James and Harley - who were joined at the abdomen.
The operation took three hours longer than expected
and was one of the most-difficult surgeries ever undertaken at the hospital. Surgeons used 3D models to develop a plan
for surgery.
Their 20-year-old
parents Yu Dang and Zhou Li expressed their fears of giving their twins up and
also worried about the medical fees.
The surgery, on February 24, was made
possible by the generosity of strangers around the world who donated $60,000 to
cover the cost of the operation.
The
twins shared a liver and pelvic bone and a team of doctors spent three hours
separating the pelvis before moving on to the intestines.
The urology team then worked to place the
babies’ bladders back inside their bodies before orthopedic surgeons took over
to reconstruct there pelvic cavities.
Finally the surgeons fitted colostomies
and closed all incisions before the boys were taken to intensive care.
They parent of the twins are very grateful for the
support they got from all over the world and the wish their twin would be
Medical Doctors someday to help the sick.
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