Doctors said that conjoined twins are one of the rare birth defects in medicine with a rate of 1 in 200,000 babies born, of which 70% of pairs are female.
2 conjoined newborn babies, VN and VT (Lao Cai), were discovered to be conjoined twins when their mother pregnant At week 33. 7 weeks later, two babies were elective caesarean section, birth weight was 2.2kg and 2.8kg, respectively.
After birth, baby VT had bleeding under the skin and pustules all over the body, but his health was stable. VN baby with respiratory failure requires oxygen, pustules all over the body, echocardiography detects atrioventricular septal defect, abdominal ultrasound shows 2 children with liver adhesions. After the treatment did not respond, the provincial hospital transferred to the National Children’s Hospital at midnight on May 28.
After being scanned, the doctors concluded that the baby VN had a total atrioventricular septal defect, 1 ventricle, 1 atrium, severe atrioventricular valve regurgitation, aortic disruption, arterial inversion, and pulmonary atrophy.
Doctors assessed that baby VT is in stable health, while VN is in critical condition day by day.
Both children were cared for and treated actively with the cooperation between the Neonatal Center and the Department of Internal Medicine.
Doctors assessed that baby VT is in stable health, while VN is in critical condition day by day.
On the morning of May 30, the Board of Directors of the Central Children’s Hospital directed a consultation session with the specialties of Cardiology, Surgery, Neonatology, Diagnostic Imaging, Endocrinology – Genetics, Anesthesiology – Resuscitation, and Plastic Surgery. Craniofacial and other related specialties to plan early surgery, do their best to save both babies’ lives.
There were many difficulties in operating this conjoined twins.
The first, the liver of 2 children conjoined, half of the lower body of a VN baby is being nourished by the hepatic artery of VT, when performing abdominal and liver separation, it can lead to many risks of shock and danger. But if not separated early, VT can lead to heart failure due to the need to carry blood to feed both bodies.
Monday, children with too many cardiovascular abnormalities. With a normal healthy child, life-saving congenital heart surgery is a very complicated technique, requiring high expertise and absolute precision. Therefore, for 2 sisters VN – VT, the surgery is more challenging than ever.
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