Overview
- The separation was performed on December 18 by neurosurgeons Alberto Ramírez and Mauro Toledo leading a multidisciplinary team.
- Imaging showed the girls shared the spinal canal and lumbosacral nervous structures, and planning used surgical microscopes, 3D models and virtual reality to reduce risk.
- The operation lasted roughly three to four hours and the infants later left intensive monitoring with favorable progress, including breastfeeding and weight gain.
- Health officials, including Minister Luis Quiroz and INSN director Zulema Tomás, visited and reported positive recovery, with continued neurological follow-up planned.
- All costs were covered by the Seguro Integral de Salud, this was the institute’s third successful separation of conjoined twins, and one twin will receive treatment for congenital clubfoot.