A pediatric surgeon, Noor ul Owase Jeelani from London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital saved the lives of 3-year-old conjoined twins Bernardo and Arthur Lima after he separated the twins with the help of virtual reality.
On the 1st of August, Gemini Untwined provided help to Brazilian twins to be saved from their condition. The twins underwent seven procedures at Instituto Estadual do Cerebro Paulo Niemeyer in Rio de Janeiro.
Conjoined twins successfully separated with help of virtual reality https://t.co/NMvKPdLIXM
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The total hours worked on the operation is over 33 hours, and more than 100 personnel were attended to the surgery.
Through the help of virtual reality, Jeelani separated the twins and saved their lives. The surgeon called the procedure as a “remarkable achievement.”
“It’s just wonderful, it’s really great to see the anatomy and do the surgery before you actually put the children at any risk,” the surgeon said.
An honour to shake the hand of Dr Owase Jeelani fresh off the plane from Brazil. The Paediatric Neurosurgeon from Great Ormond Steet just successfully separated conjoined twins Bernardo and Arthur after spending months practicing using virtual reality! A “man on the moon moment”. pic.twitter.com/xU8kmSW1Sf
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“You can imagine how reassuring that is for the surgeons,” Jeelani shared. “In some ways these operations are considered the hardest of our time, and to do it in virtual reality was just really man-on-Mars stuff.”
“There were a lot of tears and hugs,” Jeelani described the afterwards of the surgery. “It was wonderful to be able to help them on this journey.”
“The idea behind the charity was to create a global health service for super-rare cases to try and improve results for these kids, successful surgeon shared. “The model of what we have done, I think, can and should be replicated for other super-rare conditions.”
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