A separation surgery was successfully performed on two-year-and-five-month-old female conjoined twins, Ma Kyar Nyo Thin and Ma Kyar Nyo Theint, at Yankin Children’s Hospital.
The operation commenced at 10:10 am on 11 June 2026 and lasted a total of nine hours and 35 minutes. The children are currently being closely monitored and treated in the Intensive Care Unit.
The twins were delivered by caesarean section at the Central Women’s Hospital (Mandalay) after being referred from Pakokku on 8 January 2024. Following their birth, they were cared for at Mandalay Children’s Hospital and were later transferred to Yankin Children’s Hospital at the age of six months, where they continued to receive specialized care.
Throughout the period of their care, senior medical superintendents from Yangon and Mandalay, paediatric specialists, anaesthesiologists, surgeons and retired medical experts from Mandalay and Yangon worked together in a coordinated effort, providing continuous monitoring, consultation and planning for the eventual separation surgery.
On 11 June 2026, the operation was carried out at Yankin Children’s Hospital under the overall management of Senior Medical Superintendent Dr Aung Tun Oo. Surgical Team 1 was led by Professor Dr Nyo Nyo Win, Paediatric Surgeon from Yangon Children’s Hospital, together with Professor Dr Phone Myint, Head of the Department of Anaesthesiology at Yangon General Hospital. Surgical Team 2 was led by Professor Dr Mya Mya Hlaing from Mandalay Children’s Hospital and Professor Dr Mya Soe, Head of the Department of Anaesthesiology at North Okkalapa General Hospital.
The paediatric care team, led by Professor Dr Thazin Mon, Head of the Department of Paediatrics, comprised specialists from Yangon Children’s Hospital and Yankin Children’s Hospital. They were supported by a nursing team led by Matron Daw Moe Yu Yu Khine, as well as retired paediatric surgeons. Additional specialist support was provided by Professor Dr Moe Moe Tin, Head of the Department of Surgery at the University of Medicine 1, Yangon; Professor Dr Win Win Kyaw, Head of the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery; and Professor Dr Sai Aung Nyunt Oo, Head of the Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery. Through the combined efforts of all medical personnel involved, the surgery was completed successfully.
Myanmar has now successfully carried out a total of nine conjoined-twin separation surgeries at Yankin Children’s Hospital, including this latest operation, and three at Mandalay Children’s Hospital. All of these procedures were performed entirely by Myanmar medical specialists without the involvement of foreign experts. — MNA/ KNN
