Successful separation of two boys with spinal cord attached

After a week of surgical dissection, two French boys Mohamed and Souleyman, 15 months old (stuck together in the spine below their backs) were stable and had no complications.

This is the first spinal surgery in France.

Dr. Annie Lando, who directly participated in the joyful operation, spoke to the press' it was a great feeling when the surgeon group saw the two children moving their small legs like before surgery. . People are waiting for this moment. ' According to Dr. Lando, the decision to separate the two children is a bet because this can cause them to become paralyzed.

The surgery was carried out for five hours, conducted by Dr. Gabriel Lena, assistant professor of pediatric neurology. Doctors said with the current progress, the next two can go normally.

Mohamed and Souleyman can leave the hospital from now until a few weeks to return to their hometown in Avignon, but it takes many years under the supervision of Marseille doctors and local doctors, because they are still at risk. paralyzed legs.

H. DAO