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Agence France-Presse

Australian surgeons began operating early Friday to separate 15-month-old Bhutanese twins joined at the torso.
Nima and Dawa, and their mother Bhumchu Zangmo, arrived in Australia a month ago with the help of an Australian charity but doctors had delayed the surgery until Friday to ensure the twins were well-enough nourished to support the operation.

“We feel confident that we’ve put everything in place to move forward today,” Joe Crameri, the head of paediatric surgery at Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital, told reporters Friday.
He said the operation was expected to last around six hours and would involve 18 medical staff divided into two teams, one for each girl.

The girls were known to share a liver, but could also share part of the bowel, which would complicate the surgery, Crameri said, but added that the chance for a successful operation was “looking very positive”.


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Medicine

Australian doctors begin delicate separation surgery on conjoined Bhutanese twins Nima and Dawa

Bhumchu Zangmo hugs her conjoined twins Nima and Dawa at Miracle sMiles Retreat in East Kilmore, Australia, on Friday. Photo: EPA

epa07136053 Bhumchu Zangmo holds her conjoined twins Nima and Dawa at Miracle sMiles Retreat in East Kilmore, Victoria, Australia, 02 November 2018. The conjoined twins are waiting at the retreat for their separation surgery. EPA-EFE/DANIEL POCKETT AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT

epa07136107 Bhumchu Zangmo watches her conjoined twins Nima and Dawa at Miracle sMiles Retreat in East Kilmore, Victoria, Australia, 02 November 2018. The conjoined twins are waiting at the retreat for their separation surgery. EPA-EFE/DANIEL POCKETT AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT

Bhutanese conjoined twins arrive in Australia for complex surgery

Chief of surgery Mike O'Brien attends a press conference at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne. Photo: EPA

Chinese conjoined twins successfully separated with help of 3-D printing technology

The twins pictured after the five-hour surgery in Shanghai. Photo: Xinhua

The twins were born on March 17 fused at the hip and spine, and sharing lower intestines. Photo: Xinhua

Doctors used 3D printing to construct two models of the babies’ connected parts to understand their anatomy and simulate the surgery. Photo: Xinhua

Doctors in southern China successfully separate month-old conjoined brothers attached at chest and liver in 3-hour operation

The twin had been kept in an incubator since their birth in January. Surgeons during the final stages of the three-hour operation. Image: SCMP Pictures

Youngest ever conjoined twins successfully separated in Switzerland last month after being born fused at liver and chest

epa05136980 A handout picture provided by the Inselspital Bern hospital on 31 January 2016 shows doctors and nurses during the surgery to seperate conjoined twins Lydia and Maya in Bern, Switzerland, 10 December 2015. Swiss doctors on 31 January said that they had successfully separated conjoined twins only eight days after birth, adding that they were possibly the tiniest patients that have ever undergone such a surgery. The girls weighed a total of 2.2 kilogrammes at the time of the five-hour operation at Bern University Hospital on December 10. They were part of triplets who were born in December, two months ahead of their due date. While one sister was born healthy, the other two were joined at their chests, livers and hearts. The parents and the doctors decided to separate the girls so soon after birth because the joined liver created serious blood pressure problems in both babies. EPA/INSELSPITAL BERN/HANDOUT MANDATORY CREDIT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

Doctors and nurses during the surgery to separate conjoined twins Lydia and Maya in Bern. Photo: EPA

Australian doctors begin delicate separation surgery on conjoined Bhutanese twins Nima and Dawa

.css-1mniedq{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;}The 15-month-old girls are joined at the torso, and share a liver

The 15-month-old girls are joined at the torso, and share a liver