المملكة: International praise .. major successes for the Saudi program to separate the adherent twins

The Kingdom is making leading efforts in the Saudi program to separate the adherent twins, which has achieved international praise and great successes since its inception in 1990.
During the 33 years, until the end of 2024, 61 operations to separate the adherent twins in the Kingdom, and the medical evaluation of 139 cases from 26 countries in the world, performed with generous support from the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and His Royal Highness Prince Muhammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Crown Prince, Prime Minister -may God protect them-.

Cases evaluation

The Saudi program to separate the Siamese twins evaluates the condition of each twin separately, according to its condition and health, to know the common members and its condition, and as a result of this, the medical team participating in the process is determined.
For example, adhesion is in the chest, so the chest specialized team is determined, and sometimes in the spine, the team specialized in that field is chosen.

Thus, determining each case according to the places of adhesion in the members of the twins, and sensing from the Kingdom the importance of this, these specializations collected in one place.

A group of Saudi doctors

The program continues to add medical and national cadres in every new process, as it has a first and second team, in addition to providing a group of Saudi doctors scientific lectures, and publishing research related to separating twins in many countries.
The advisor at the Royal Court, General Supervisor of the King Salman Center for Relief and Humanitarian Action, said Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al -Rabiah, The true march of the separation of twins has started since the Sudanese twinning process (Samah Wahba) in 1992, which was accompanied by the formation of a specialized team for such operations, and the process culminated in the grace of God and from success.

Fetal division

Case Related twins “Siamese “When the fetus is divided after 13-15 days, a rare case called” identical twins “that share the placenta and the amniotic cyst..

According to the World Health Organization, the rate of occurrence is 1 in every 100,000 live births, and female embryos are more affected than males..
The sticky twins are the symmetrical twins whose bodies are stuck in the uterus, and they are often physical attached to the chest, abdomen or pelvis..

Difficulty of separation operations

The division of twinning adhesion to the head is one of the most complex operations, and the percentage of the dead birth is estimated at 60%,
So far there is a lack of good timing and reliable data in this regard.
While scientists return the birth of twins attached to several reasons, including genetic and healthy, some are environmental related to environmental and food pollution.