Conjoined twins delivered at LASUTH die

A set of conjoined twins delivered by medical experts at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) have sadly passed away. Prof. Adetokunbo Fabamwo, the Chief Medical Director of LASUTH, confirmed this during an interview held in Lagos yesterday.

The hospital’s management had announced the birth of the twins on October 5, at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, LASUTH, estimating a gestational age of 33 weeks and six days.

Although the twins did not survive, the hospital reported that their mother is in stable condition and recovering well.

“The nature of their joining was so complex. They are joined from up to down, which is so complex. Moreover, they must have reached a certain age before they were separated.

“The first twins had congenital heart issues that weren’t compatible with life. When you have abnormalities like that, there are usually other abnormalities in the body. She was the first that died on October 15.

“When it happened, we quickly moved to separate them by assembling a team of multispecialty experts from LASUTH and other hospitals. However, before we could intervene, the second twins died today (October 16).”

Fabamwo highlighted that the hospital marked the milestone of the twins’ successful birth, a first at the facility.

On October 5, the hospital announced the successful delivery of conjoined twins, joined at the lower chest and abdomen (thoraco omphalopagus).

A dedicated multidisciplinary team facilitated the delivery, and the conjoined female infants were born at 8:26 a.m. with favorable APGAR scores and a combined birth weight of 3.8kg.

Conjoined twins, often known as Siamese Twins, are siblings born physically connected to each other.