One-Year-Old Conjoined Twins Successfully Separated In 11-Hour Surgery
Conjoined twins Sarabeth and Amelia Irwin have been successfully separated after a near-11-hour operation.
The one-year-olds had their own arms, legs and heart, but their livers were connected.
Parents Alyson and Phil were told their twins were conjoined four months before Alyson gave birth via cesarean section, and knew there was a risk the girls wouldn’t survive long enough to have the operation.
‘For everyone in the room, it was a very emotional and extraordinary moment when the last incision was made to separate these girls from one to two,’ said Dr George Mychaliska, who led the surgical team at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital in Michigan.
‘I’m a father of twins and know twins are very close.
‘Sarabeth and Amelia will always share a really unique bond, and I think the future is bright for both of them.’
The surgery was performed on the girls when they were 14 months old.