Twin Babies With Fused Brains Survive High-Risk Operation For A “New Future”

Doctors are celebrating a successful high-risk separation surgery for conjoined twins. The baby girls, Minal and Mirha, were born “craniopagus twins,” meaning they shared vital brain tissue and blood vessels, per Sky News. After a 14-hour surgery at Ankara Bilkent City Hospital in Turkey on July 19, the girls will likely be able to return home to Pakistan soon.

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“They’re making an excellent recovery, really wonderful,” Professor Noor ul Owase Jeelani told Sky News. “They should be in a position to go back to Pakistan in a few weeks.”

Sky News reported that the doctor and his team used Mixed reality technology to create 3D images of the twins’ brains “to increase precision during complex operation.”

“The technology developed to undertake this work makes a lot of the more routine surgeries we do, safer, less invasive, and more effective,” Jeelani explained.

He added he is thrilled to have been able to provide care for the twins. He and his team did a more minor surgery on the girls prior to the 14-hour operation in July.

“To be able to give these girls and their family a new future where they can live independently and enjoy their childhood is a special privilege,” Jeelani shared.

He was able to use virtual reality to help prepare for Minal and Mirha’s complicated surgery.

“It’s really great to see the anatomy and do the surgery before you actually put the children at any risk,” Jeelani explained. “You can imagine how reassuring that is for the surgeons.”

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