Bothwell Anesu Mbuwayesango is a

Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozam ...

an pediatric surgeon who successfully led an all Zimbabwean team that separated conjoined twins in 2014 during an eight-hour operation at Harare hospital; it was the country's second successful separation, the first was in 1985. The two-month-old male twins were joined at the chest and abdomen (including the

liver The liver is a major Organ (anatomy), organ only found in vertebrates which performs many essential biological functions such as detoxification of the organism, and the Protein biosynthesis, synthesis of proteins and biochemicals necessary for ...

- which can bleed heavily if cut). In 2021 Mbuwayesango led another successful separation during an eighteen-hour surgery at the same hospital. Mr Mbuwayesango was a Council member of the Medical and Dental Practitioners Council of Zimbabwe. He has published articles in the medical literature.

Research interests

Gastroschisis Gastroschisis is a birth defect in which the baby's intestines extend outside of the abdomen through a hole next to the belly button. The size of the hole is variable, and other organs including the stomach and liver may also occur outside the ba ...

* Obstructive jaundice *

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* Minimal access surgery

External video

Separating siamese twins in a low resource hospital

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mbuwayesango, Bothwell Living people Zimbabwean paediatric surgeons People from Harare University of Zimbabwe alumni Year of birth missing (living people)