KOTA KINABALU: Sabah has successfully performed its second separation surgery on conjoined twins, bringing forward the operation after one of the babies required increasing respiratory support.
The premature male twins, classified as pygopagus, were joined at the lower spine, sacrum and pelvis. They underwent the complex procedure at Sabah Women and Children's Hospital in Likas.
They were delivered through an emergency Caesarean section at 32 weeks of gestation after the condition was detected during routine antenatal care, and were admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) for monitoring.
The hospital initially planned to separate the twins when they were four to six months old to allow them to grow and stabilise. However, the operation was brought forward after one twin required increasing respiratory support in the NICU.
