World's first PDA stenting performed in Bengaluru’s Narayana Health City

Hailing from Mauritius, Baby Cleanne Papillon was one of the conjoined twins who had a shared heart with her sister. The survival ratio of siamese twins with fused heart is even low. The child is the '3rd Miracle Baby' in the world who has survived a Thoracopagus separation surgery.
 

Born to Mrs. and Mr. Ian Papillon, in Mauritius the babies were thoracopagus twins. Generally in thoracopagus twins the bodies are joined from the neck to the upper abdomen, however, in this case their heart were also joined. Instead of four chambers for each, together, they had seven chambers. As their survival required expert care, the Mauritian health department reached out to hospitals abroad. However, as it was a complex case with negligible chances for survival, many of the hospitals in Europe and other Asian countries were not open to consider the case. Narayana Health City stood up as a Good Samaritan and took up this challenging case owing to their vast experience in handling complex pediatric cases.

As the children shared a heart and were not in a position to even breathe, they were supported by hand pumps for oxygen through the journey. As soon as they arrived, the multi-disciplinary team performed a thorough examination of the babies. The intensive care team under the leadership of Dr. Riyan Shetty and Dr Ganesh Sambandamoorthy ensured the babies were stabilized faster. Once they were stabilized, PDA stenting was performed to improve the condition of the heart.

Though the babies were twins, one of them suffered from non correctable congenital anomalies. In fact, the unhealthy child was becoming more like a burden on the healthy baby and hence the parents along with the doctors chose to support the healthy child. They separated the babies.  The tissues of sacrificed baby were used to reconstruct the torso of surviving twin.

In fact, the survival ratio of siamese twins with fused heart is even low. The child is the '3rd Miracle Baby' in the world who has survived a Thoracopagus separation surgery."
 
Baby Papillon has responded well to the intervention and is in a position to return to her homeland. Equipped with a team of multi disciplinary experts Narayana Health City has become one of the most sought after hospital to treat conjoined twins. This surgery is a milestone to the Indian fraternity and big achievement for the doctors.

 

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