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A set of conjoined twins delivered by medical experts at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) have died.
The Chief Medical Director, LASUTH, Prof. Adetokunbo Fabamwo, made this known in an interview with NAN on Monday in Lagos.
The hospital’s management had announced that the twins were delivered on Oct. 5 at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, LASUTH, at an estimated gestational age of 33 weeks and six days.
According to Fabamwo, although the set of twins died, their mother is doing well.
“The nature of their joining was so complex. They are joined from up to down, which is so complex. Moreover, they must have reached a certain age before they are separated.
“The first twins had congenital heart issues that weren’t compatible with life. When you have abnormalities like that, there are usually other abnormalities in the body.
“She was the first that died on Oct. 15. When it happened, we quickly moved to separate them by assembling a team of multispecialty experts from LASUTH and other hospitals.
“However, before we could intervene, the second twins died today (Oct. 16),” he said.
Fabamwo noted that the successful delivery of the twins was celebrated by the hospital being the first of such at the facility.
The hospital on Oct. 5 announced the successful delivery of the conjoined twins, fused at the lower chest and abdomen (thoraco omphalopagus).
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