Successful Separation of Parasitic Conjoined Twin at Muhimbili National Hospital

TLDR

• SPECIALIST surgeons at the Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH) successfully performed a complex operation to separate a fully developed infant from an incomplete ‘parasitic’ conjoined twin.
• The rare condition of a parasitic conjoined twin is a situation where a lowly developed twin remains physically attached to and dependent on the fully developed fetus.The successful procedure demonstrated the hospital’s.
• The parasitic twin had developed arms, legs and a partial pelvis but had no head or heart and depended entirely on the healthy twin’s circulatory system for its blood supply, the specialist noted.The complexity of the.