Successful Separation of Parasitic Conjoined Twin at Muhimbili National Hospital
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- 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.