A conjoined twin has died throughout a process meant to separate the 2 19-month-old boys.

The 2 boys, Yusuf and Yassin, are from Yemen, a Center Jap nation situated on the southern finish of the Arabian Peninsula that has been devastated by years of civil conflict.

The brothers have been born with their craniums fused collectively—a phenomenon known as craniopagus twins. The skull is the a part of the cranium that encloses the mind.

Twins being born with conjoined craniums is an especially uncommon prevalence. One examine printed within the American Journal of Neuroradiology estimates that the incident of craniopagus twins is round one in 2.5 million reside births.

A baby in hospital
Inventory picture displaying a child in hospital. A conjoined twin has died in Saudi Arabia throughout a process meant to separate him from his twin.iStock

Many of those twins die within the first few days and weeks of life, or are stillborn. However in some circumstances, one or each of the twins survive, with or with out surgical procedure.

Conjoined twins who share vital organs usually have a poorer prognosis. Within the case of Yusuf and Yassin, medical doctors stated that the brothers have been conjoined in a number of organs.

The boys have been transferred from Yemen to Saudi Arabia—which backs the federal government within the Yemeni conflict—for the separation surgical procedure at King Abdulaziz Medical Metropolis in Riyadh, on the orders of Saudi King Salman, Abu Dhabi-based newspaper The Nationwide reported.

The switch to the hospital was a part of a Saudi nationwide program for separating conjoined twins. King Abdulaziz Medical Metropolis itself has hosted a number of profitable separation surgical procedures earlier than, in response to Saudi authorities.

Sadly, the process to separate Yusuf and Yassin, which lasted round 15 hours, resulted in one of many twins passing away, the official Saudi Press Company reported.

Docs stated the reason for loss of life of the dual was cardiac arrest and a drastic drop in blood circulation.

The medical workforce confronted important challenges in attempting to separate the twins, in response to the report. They stated the situation of the dual who handed away grew to become vital following the process.

The dual who survived the surgical procedure is at present in a secure situation, in response to medical doctors, who stated the process was one of the crucial sophisticated they'd carried out.

In October, 2021, two conjoined twins have been efficiently separated throughout a 10-hour process on the Youngsters's Hospital of Philadelphia, and medical doctors predict that they are going to be capable of reside fulfilling lives.

Docs in Israel additionally lately efficiently separated two twin women after they have been born conjoined on the head. The process, which lasted round 12 hours, passed off on the Soroka Medical Centre in Beersheba.