In a surgical first, Mizoram doctors separate conjoined twins

Falkawn: A pair of conjoined twins were successfully separated during a complex procedure that marked a surgical first for the state of Mizoram in Zoram Medical College on Monday. 

The twins who were joined at the chest, abdomen and liver were born on February 9, 2023, in Lawngtlai, a southern district in Mizoram. They were referred to ZMC from Lawngtlai District Hospital.  

According to the ZMC Director Dr. T Lalhmangaihi, “A surgeon team consisting of a paediatric surgeon, plastic surgeon, general surgeon and anaesthesiologist performed the operation for three hours.”