By Joseph Adahnu,Yola
The Modibbo Adamawa University Teaching Hospital (MAUTH), Yola, has successfully separated four-month, two-week-old conjoined male twins.
The latest surgery was led by Professor Abubakar Auwal, a paediatrician and paediatric surgery expert.
Auwal, a former Chief Medical Director, said the three-hour operation marked the sixth successful conjoined twins separation in the hospital’s history by the experienced surgical team.
He extensively detailed that, the twins were joined at the abdominal region, but the team successfully separated them.
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The surgeon noted that, “In this hospital, this is the sixth separation, though we have like two in Maiduguri.
He accordingly pointed out that the hospital had the necessary equipment and general support to handle critical pediatric cases.
