By IANS,New Delhi – Conjoined twins Sita and Geeta left for their hometown in Bihar after they were discharged Saturday, more than a month after being successfully separated following a 14-hour marathon surgery, a doctor said Friday.
‘The babies are doing well. They have gained weight and are healthy. They will be discharged tomorrow -,’ Sanjeev Bagai, senior doctor and chief executive of the Batra Hospital where the surgery was conducted, told IANS.
Asked about a slight curve in their backbone, the doctor said: ‘It is a process of self-correction and takes a few years. No intervention is required now.’
He said the twins will again come to the capital by the year-end for routine check-up.
A team of 27 doctors April 5 separated the 18-month-old Siamese twins, born with congenital abnormalities of being joined at the waist, hip and legs and having a common genito-urinary and intestinal system.
Siamese twins are extremely rare and few reach the surgery stage. The long-term success of separation surgeries in many international centres is less than 50 percent.