{"id":3071,"date":"2020-07-15T17:39:06","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T09:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesmartlocal.com\/vietnam\/?p=3071"},"modified":"2020-09-14T22:49:53","modified_gmt":"2020-09-14T14:49:53","slug":"conjoined-twins-separate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesmartlocal.com\/vietnam\/conjoined-twins-separate\/","title":{"rendered":"Vietnamese Doctors Perform Intense 12-Hour Surgery To Separate Conjoined Twins"},"content":{"rendered":"

Surgery to separate conjoined twins<\/h2>\n
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For everyone who dreams of being a parent, children are a blessing, and no matter what happens, we always want all the best for our kids.<\/p>\n

Sometimes, however, things don\u2019t go as we want them to, as is the case for the parents of Vietnamese twin girls Ho\u00e0ng Tr\u00fac Nhi and Ho\u00e0ng Di\u1ec7u Nhi. Born conjoined at the hip<\/strong> on 7th June 2019, the two have suffered numerous health problems and are considered by doctors to be an extremely complicated medical case<\/strong> in Vietnam.<\/p>\n

Thankfully, their parents and Vietnamese medical workers have never stopped striving to give them a healthy, normal life. This morning, after months of extensive care and research, the two have now undergone an operation to separate them<\/strong> from one another.<\/p>\n

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An intense 12-hour operation<\/h3>\n
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\nImage credit: B\u1ec7nh Vi\u1ec7n Nhi \u0110\u1ed3ng Th\u00e0nh Ph\u1ed1<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Ho\u00e0ng Tr\u00fac Nhi and Ho\u00e0ng Di\u1ec7u Nhi were born with conjoined hips in a face-to-face position. Due to this abnormality, the two girls cannot sit up at the same time, and if one wants to move forward, the other has to cooperate and move backward.<\/p>\n

Their case is an extremely rare occurrence. Approximately, the chance of twins being born conjoined is only 1 out of 200,000 births<\/strong>, and amongst all conjoined twins, only 6% are joined at the hips<\/strong> as these girls are.<\/p>\n

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\nThe two girls with their parents
\nImage credit: B\u1ec7nh Vi\u1ec7n Nhi \u0110\u1ed3ng Th\u00e0nh Ph\u1ed1<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Now, 13 months after their birth, the twins have been deemed healthy enough to undergo an operation that will give them their own complete bodies.<\/p>\n

The operation began at 6AM today<\/strong> and is expected to finish at 6PM<\/strong>. It is split into 3 main stages: a preoperative preparation, then separating the twins\u2019 digestive systems and genitals, and finally orthopaedics \u2013 where their bones and organs are corrected.<\/p>\n

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\nImage adapted from B\u1ec7nh Vi\u1ec7n Nhi \u0110\u1ed3ng Th\u00e0nh Ph\u1ed1<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

A hundred doctors and medical staff are directly involved in the surgery. Meanwhile, among the counselling team is Dr. Tr\u1ea7n \u0110\u00f4ng A<\/strong>, who was responsible for the legendary surgery to separate the conjoined twins Nguy\u1ec5n \u0110\u1ee9c and Nguy\u1ec5n Vi\u1ec7t back in 1988<\/strong>. Back then, that surgery was seen as a major step forward for the medical field of Vietnam<\/strong>, and it remains one of the most well-known cases in the country to this day.<\/p>\n

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\nImage credit: B\u1ec7nh Vi\u1ec7n Nhi \u0110\u1ed3ng Th\u00e0nh Ph\u1ed1<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

According to the latest update from the City Children\u2019s Hospital of H\u1ed3 Ch\u00ed Minh City<\/a>, where Di\u1ec7u Nhi and Tr\u00fac Nhi\u2019s surgery is being carried out, the twins have been successfully separated<\/strong>. All is going as planned, and the patients\u2019 vitals are stable. Doctors are now moving to the third and final stage<\/strong> of the operation.<\/p>\n

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Netizens show their support<\/h3>\n
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The case of Tr\u00fac Nhi and Di\u1ec7u Nhi has received extensive media coverage in Vietnam and drawn in lots of sentiments from netizens. Right now, thousands of people are flocking to the City Children\u2019s Hospital\u2019s Facebook page to leave comments such as \u201cch\u00fac ca ph\u1eabu thu\u1eadt th\u00e0nh c\u00f4ng\u201d (hope the surgery is a success), and \u201cch\u00fac hai b\u00e9 b\u00ecnh an\u201d (hope the two children are safe)<\/p>\n

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\nImage credit: B\u1ec7nh Vi\u1ec7n Nhi \u0110\u1ed3ng Th\u00e0nh Ph\u1ed1<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Many others are also donating to the hospital to help the girls\u2019 parents pay for the surgery. Netizen Ho\u00e0ng Th\u1ea3o, for instance, posted a receipt showing she had donated VND200,000 (~USD8.68)<\/strong>, along with the message, \u201cWishing you all the best <3\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nImage credit: Ho\u00e0ng Th\u1ea3o<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Conjoined Vietnamese twins are being separated<\/h3>\n
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This is one of those wholesome moments where everyone in Vietnam is looking toward one direction and hoping that all the best come to Tr\u00fac Nhi and Di\u1ec7u Nhi. News of their surgery going well so far indeed comes as a relief, and hopefully, we\u2019ll see them making full recoveries in their own healthy bodies in the future.<\/p>\n

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