At eight days old, most newborn babies are swaddled up and relaxing in their comfy cribs at home, but these newborn twins, are recovering in the hospital from a surgery that had a 1 percent chance of success.
The triplets were born eight weeks early in the Inselspital hospital in Bern, the capital of Switzerland, and two of the three babies, Lydia and Maya, were conjoined at the liver and the chest.
Originally, doctors planned on waiting until the girls were a few months older to attempt the surgery, which can be risky in an of itself. Yet, Lydia and Maya were facing a life-threatening condition that forced doctors to separate them as soon as possible.
Because one of the twins had too much blood and very high blood pressure, and the other did not have enough blood, the surgery had to happen immediately. At just eight days old, the girls underwent surgery with a 99% chance of failure.
Thanks to a team of 13 doctors and nurses, the five hours surgery was a success, and Lydia and Maya became the youngest conjoined twins to successfully be separated.
“The perfect teamwork of physicians and nursing personnel from various disciplines were the key to success here. We are very happy that the children and parents are faring so well now,” head of paediatric surgery Steffen Berger said.
Watch the entire video below to see how these doctors worked tirelessly to save these conjoined twins.
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[Featured image credit: INSELSPITAL BERN/HANDOUT/EPA]