Syrian baby girl Sarah, who underwent a parasitic twin separation operation at Riyadh's King Abdulaziz Medical City on April 8, with her parents after leaving intensive care on Thursday. Head of the surgery team and Minister of Health Abdullah Al-Rabeah said Sarah was in good health with her breathing and all organs functioning normally after the seven-hour operation to address a parasitic twin with two lower limbs and an extra pelvis, resulting in Sarah having two urinary bladders, three kidneys, two sets of genitourinary systems, and congenital anomalies in the small intestine. Minister Al-Rabeah said that some further procedures were still required but expected Sarah to be discharged from hospital “within the next two weeks”. A parasitic twin occurs when a twin embryo develops in the uterus but does not fully separate or develop while the other embryo grows at its expense into a fully-formed and healthy individual. This was the 26th successful separation operation performed in the Kingdom.
