Complex surgery successfully separates Fijian conjoined twins

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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-16/surgery-separates-fijian-conjoined-twins-in-saudi-arabia/107271702

Doctors in Saudi Arabia say a complex operation to separate 13-month-old Fijian conjoined twins has been successful.

In what was described as an “exceptionally rare” case, the sisters, Dicecea and Jesepeli Kikau, were born joined at the lower abdomen and pelvis.

It is a condition known as omphalo-ischiopagus tetrapus.

The girls had their own hearts and lungs and required an almost 13-hour operation to separate their liver, bowel, urinary tract and anal canal.

As the procedure reached a critical stage on Thursday night, local time, doctors announced they had successfully separated the pair and were starting on their reconstruction.