At the capital Women's and Children's Hospital, in the children's surgery department's demonstration room, a surgery simulation was being conducted in an orderly and tense manner.
This was a pair of conjoined twins. Their chests and abdomens were combined. Although there were two hearts, they shared the same pericardium, and the hearts were also connected.
Separation surgery was very difficult. Women's and Children's Hospital and Philadelphia Children's Hospital, which was the world's top children's surgery hospital, had joined forces. After a series of preparations, they had already entered the perioperative period. As long as the simulation surgery was successful, the surgery could be carried out at any time.
It was a 3D printed computer-assisted design model that looked exactly like a real person.
Intraoperative navigation and two sets of customized external assistance devices ensured that surgery simulation could be performed.
