Two-year-old Siamese twin girls, joined at the head from birth, were separated at the pediatric hospital, Bambino Ges\u00f9, in early June 2020.<\/p>\n
Born in a village in the Central African Republic, the girls and their mother were brought to Rome in 2018, after Mariella Enoc, president of the Bambino Ges\u00f9 Hospital, met them in Bangui.<\/p>\n
MARIELLA ENOC<\/strong> In Rome, the twins underwent an intense period of medical examinations and two surgeries in the Vatican's pediatric hospital, in preparation for the third and final surgery to completely separate them. <\/p>\n DR. CARLO MARRAS<\/strong> The 18-hour surgery, relying on over 30 doctors and nurses, was the first of its kind to be successfully performed in Italy.<\/p>\n The twins are recovering well. Medical experts predict they will be able to grow up without any impairments to their cognitive or motor capabilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" July 7, 2020. The 18-hour surgery, relying on over 30 doctors and nurses was performed at the Vatican's pediatric hospital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":16959,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/V_lUXmK8Wws","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/binterventoospedaleeng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/binterventoospedaleint.mp4","type":"rrp","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46455"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46455\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nPresident, Bambino Ges\u00f9 Hospital
\n\u201cErvina and Prefina struck me in a particular way. They were only a few days old. They were in a small bed. I was told it was unlikely they would survive because even a small infection could kill them.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\nHead Neurosurgeon, Bambino Ges\u00f9 Hospital
\n\u201cThe most important part had to do with the venous drainage, a very technical term. If it's not separated correctly, the results of the surgical procedure could be tragic.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n