Sergio undergoes life-saving op in US

A 14-month-old twin whose rare condition prevents him from eating, drinking or swallowing, underwent a potentially life-saving operation in the US yesterday.

Dubliner Sergio O’Connor was born with tracheo-oesophageal fistual, a condition that left him without a complete oesophagus.

Last month, the toddler, who is in an induced coma, was flown to Boston Children’s Hospital to undergo a procedure known as the Foker process, which involves stimulating the growth of the oesophagus.