A life saved

February 25, 1981 in Gia Lai province - former Kontum Nguyen Viet & Nguyen Duc were born with an unusual shape: twins sticking to ' Ischiopagus Tripus ' style (sticking to the pelvis, legs and a dead leg) ).

The two grandchildren were treated at the Hanoi-Vietnam Hospital (BV) for treatment, and in early December 1982 were transferred to Tu Du Hospital. On May 22, 1986, Vietnam suffered from acute brain syndrome, high fever and coma, then was taken to Tokyo by the Japanese Red Cross, after four months of treatment, on October 29, 1986, returned to Vietnam.

Vietnamese - German before surgery (Photo: TTO)

Vietnam has cured but loses the cerebral cortex, has no sense of contact with the outside world, often chokes, stops breathing, has many emergency times. The risk of Viet's sudden death always threatens Germany's life. So in early 1988, Tu Du Hospital asked Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health to separate two children.

On October 4, 1988, a 15-hour Vietnamese-German operation with the participation of 70 doctors and professors (GS-BS) was a huge success, gaining popularity in the world and being recorded in record books. Guinness in 1991. Exactly 18 years later, from a spectacularly saved baby, Germany is now mature and prepares to " step up to the flower car " to turn his life into a new page.

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The story is now telling

The dissection was prepared for seven months with countless controversies. Because, both have three legs, one bladder, one anus, common genitals, so how should be divided to ensure both fair, reasonable and optimal use?

Doctor Tran Dong A and Viet - Duc at Tu Du Hospital before performing the separation operation (photo taken on September 22, 1988)

It is troublesome for the two of you to have common ' uses ' and all these common parts are half controlled by Vietnamese nerves and half controlled by German nerves.

In the pre-operative meetings, many argued that it was necessary to separate the midline for biology, because if the separation was deviated, then there would be parts of the nervous system rotten, blood vessels would not go there. If the bladder is removed, everyone wants to give the majority to Germany, but is afraid of the risk that the unused part will turn into a neurological bladder or excess bag if it does not work.

Going to the genitals is ' tense ', because if a cup is not good, it will become . useless 'pendulum'! I reasoned that the muscles that control the anus as well as the bladder and genitals of two grandchildren intertwined like a comb - not contiguous to a straight line in the middle, so alone each neurotic can control the operation of a common unit. Therefore, if we give priority to Germany (due to Vietnamese cerebral palsy), Germany can still control it so that it works as usual.

The real surgery of splitting Vietnamese - German conjoined twins took place at Tu Du Hospital on October 4, 1988, starting at 7 o'clock and ending at 17 o'clock on the same day (photo taken October 4, 1988).

This is evidenced by the fact that about three months after surgery, Duc urinated himself with the lower line without needing a bladder catheter. There is a secret thing now that I . just told, it was after I removed all the muscles and structures related to the anus and the genitals that were deflected toward Vietnam about 2.5cm then came to the doctors Le Kinh and Vo Van Thanh to cut the bones.

Because the bones are hard, it is very fearful that if one breaks in a bit, it is . "German ability" for men "will not become a reality! That's why after stripping, to protect all the structures of these parts, I personally put my index finger on to guide your chisel chisel to the right path. If I miss it, I will immediately punch it at my finger.

So is the story about the general anus. Colonic frame is completely due to vascular system of Vietnam, the part of Germany is only controlled with Vietnam in the first segment of the colon and the last part of the rectum close to the anus. I wanted to give the anus to Germany when I had to keep only the last part of the gut that was raised by German blood vessels with the Vietnamese and the first frame of the colon.

The grandchild is happy with the doctors and doctors right on the operating bed (photo taken at 17:00 on October 7, 1988). (Photo of Nguyen Cong Thanh)

And so, these two segments are very far from each other (one is located in the right pelvic cavity, the other is in the sub-frame of the anus). How can we connect to each other so that Germany can spend it later? I had the idea to rotate my entire intestine from the duodenum down into the form of the original intestine during fetal period: the first part of the colon frame instead of lying in the right cavity was brought to the left pelvic cavity. .

So in addition to the purpose of closing the anus, it also has another task to form part of the lower limit of the German abdomen due to lack of peritoneum. If not, any piece of German bowel can stick to the abdominal wall causing a blockage, and this intestinal segment is the last one to stick as much as possible, without fear of clogging, and sugar activity. His digestion after closing the anus later proved that this creation is absolutely correct that the French newspaper calls it ' supreme precision '.

GS.BS TRAN DONG A