The medical treatment, which has only been conducted 20 times worldwide, was carried out for the first time in Israel and lasted approximately 12 hours. • The ecstatic father explained to N12: “We were worried, but everything worked out great.” This is a’military operation,’ which is thankfully difficult in training but simple in battle.”
At Soroka Hospital this weekend, a set of one-year-old Siamese twins who were born linked to their heads were successfully separated in the first treatment of its type in Israel. We published an interview with the excited father tonight (Sunday) in the main issue, in which he described his anxieties prior to the surgery and the joy that followed. “Thank God, I’m still alive. I was terrified, but now we’re on our feet, “he revealed
“Now that the girls are out of surgery, everything is wonderful – they don’t have anything,” the father observed. “We were always concerned about how the surgery will turn out.” He was well-connected, to say the least. I assumed the procedure would not assist them either, but everything worked out perfectly afterward. They don’t have anything. They’ll examine and eat, and everything will be well. I was ecstatic because this was the first time I had lifted each one by myself.”
The procedure lasted around 12 hours and involved about 50 personnel. Everyone who took part in the event was congratulated by the father: “Dr. Masuroka, Dr. Mickey, and the plastic surgeon all deserve congratulations. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. We’ve finally gotten together.”
Approximately 20 identical procedures have been conducted around the world until date. Dr. Mickey Gideon, director of Soroka Hospital’s Department of Pediatric Surgery, who conducted and completed the operation, explained how they prepared for the unusual procedure: “.
He remarked, “We pre-defined everything as a’military operation,’ since this analysis could not be undertaken any other way with so many people involved. All teams’ cooperation should be flawless, and every minute of this analysis should be synchronized. As a result, I authored “The ‘Operation Ordinance’ for connected twins, which we started approximately a year ago.”
Dr. Gideon stated that they met with the mother and father while she was pregnant with the twins to prepare for the event. Both England and the United States are represented. Dr. Obeis Jellani has already performed four such procedures in England, and this is the first time he is traveling outside of the country to participate in one. Dr. David Steppenberg, a plastic surgeon from the United States, has also participated in a number of such operations. So we truly stated that we are not saving anything in this subject – no consultants, no technology, no time, and no resources.”
Dr. Gideon said that they had been trained and doing this for nearly a year: to characterize, when asked how to prevent brain damage when splitting blood vessels. All of this road map, all of these paths between blood vessels, all of these connections between brains, must be precise. As a surgeon, I needed to know this throughout the procedure, thus we employed Soroka Hospital’s imaging system.”
Dr. Gideon stated, “We have fantastic and innovative technologies – Israeli startups.” “All of this was at our disposal, and I could sit with them and do simulations and prepare ourselves at any time. We went through dozens of rehearsals, simulations, and emergency drills to prepare for the worst-case scenario during operation. Fortunately for us, training is difficult but war is simple. It was incredible. A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for challenge.”