{"id":15299,"date":"2019-01-05T11:38:08","date_gmt":"2019-01-05T10:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/?p=15299"},"modified":"2019-02-18T12:12:27","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T11:12:27","slug":"process-of-separating-conjoined-bangladeshi-twins-to-continue-at-semmelweis-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/2019\/01\/process-of-separating-conjoined-bangladeshi-twins-to-continue-at-semmelweis-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Process of separating conjoined Bangladeshi twins to continue at Semmelweis University"},"content":{"rendered":"

The conjoined Bangladeshi twins joined at the skull, whose separation the Hungarian surgeon team of the Action for Defenceless People Foundation was the only one in the world to agree to undertake, are arriving in Budapest on Saturday. The two-year-old Rabia and Rukia are now coming in Hungary so that the diagnostic and preliminary tests needed for the final cranial separation operation, as well as the special plastic surgery operation to implant tissue expanders, can be carried out at Semmelweis University\u2019s various departments.<\/span> <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The first part of a series of operations that is comprised of three main stages, the endovascular separation of the large veins of the brain, was completed successfully by the foundation\u2019s three-person medical team in Bangladesh in two steps in February and August last year, led by Dr. Istv\u00e1n Hud\u00e1k. The Action for Defenceless People Foundation is bringing the craniopagus (joined at the skull) twins to Hungary so that the next stage in the series of operations, the plastic surgery, can be carried out under more ideal circumstances from a professional medical standpoint, and with the most efficient equipment available. <\/span><\/p>\n

Following lengthy consultations, the foundation and Semmelweis University decided that Rabia and Rukia\u2019s tests and preparations over the upcoming weeks and months should take place at the university\u2019s departments. The final separation of the brain and cranial bones have to be preceded by thorough \u2013 pediatric, anesthesiological, radiological and infectiological \u2013 examinations and tests, and specially designed tissue expanders used in plastic surgery have to be implanted to stretch the skin and soft tissue parts outside the skull. The latter will be carried out by Dr. Gergely Pataki, the foundation\u2019s plastic surgeon, assisted by a team of plastic surgeons from Dhaka Medical College. In the second main stage of the series of operations, the university will aid the foundation\u2019s doctors by providing diagnostic equipment and a medical support team. The third phase, the main operation for the final separation of the brains and skulls, will be directed by neurosurgeon Dr. Andr\u00e1s Cs\u00f3kay. The location where this operation will take place has not been decided yet.<\/span><\/p>\n

The conjoined twins are in good health, and the family is arriving in Budapest filled with hope, but for the time being, they do not wish to make any public statements. They ask that the public and members of the press respect the family\u2019s situation and keep in mind the children\u2019s need for peace and quiet. The Action for Defenceless People Foundation and Semmelweis University will keep the media informed about the progress of the operation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Zs\u00f3fia Haszon-Nagy;\u00a0Action for Defenceless People Foundation
\nTranslation: Tam\u00e1s Deme<\/span>
\nPhoto:<\/span> Action for Defenceless People Foundation<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The conjoined twins have arrived in Budapest for the next phase of operations to separate them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101535,"featured_media":15303,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-semmelweis-world"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/101535"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15299"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15911,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15299\/revisions\/15911"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}