VietNamNet Bridge – The Children’s Hospital 2 in Ho Chi Minh City recently received a conjoined twins. The hospital has just welcomed another Siamese twins.

On October 3, the hospitals deputy director, Dr. Truong Quang Dinh, told VietNamNet that the new Siamese twins are two boys, who are the sons of Ms. Nguyen Thi Hong L, from the central province of Ninh Thuan.

The babies were born at a local hospital by Cesarian. They were then transferred to the HCM City Children's Hospital 2 for emergency aid.

At an examination at admissions, doctors noted that the babies weighed 3.6 kg for both. Their genitals and anus were normal. They evacuated meconium already. They stick to each other at the chest and abdomen. The conjoined chest spot is 2 cm above the sternum, the conjoined abdomen spot is about 3 cm from the umbilical cord. They share a navel.

After an ultrasound, doctors discovered the two babies have their livers, bile ducts and hearts stuck together, sharing the pericardium. The 2nd baby's heart tip is located on the left ventricular side of the first baby. Doctors doubted that part of the heart muscles are also stuck together. Two right atria of the babies connect to each other.

Currently the babies are suffering from respiratory failure due to pneumonia. The patients were incubated and mechanically ventilated. After treatment for pneumonia, the hospital will conduct CT scans to determine if the internal organs that are stuck together need to have appropriate treatment options.

Dr. Dinh said this is a complicated case of conjoined twins that is very difficult for conducting a separation surgery.

The second conjoined twins at the hospital are now six weeks old, weighing 6.5 kg for both. The Children's Hospital 2 plans to split the twins when they reach a weight of 10 kg.

Thanh Huyen