Yes it can
This is what I have done a few week ago (THE FOLLOWING CONTAINS GRAPHIC PICS)
This year I cut clutch number 4 (Pied X Albino) within 24 hours one of the hatchling started emerging but it was obvious that there was an issue. As you can see the hatchling had a twisted umbilicus (it’s rare but it happens and if left unattended the animal dies a slow death)
He was already very weak so I decided to intervene immediately. I pulled him out of the egg (although he was already half way out) and proceeded to see if it could be untangled. As there was no possibility to untangle the umbilicus the only thing left to do was to cut the egg sac of and free him.
I went and grabbed some dental floss (without flavoring) something any breeder should have in his snake room and proceeded carefully sliding the dental floss under the umbilical cord.
Next step I tied up a knot to prevent the hatchling from bleeding out once the egg sac would be cut off.
I then proceeded to cut the egg sac off.
After the procedure I decided to leave the hatchling alone rather than feed it the yolk, he was very weak and I did not want to add unnecessary stress.
I placed him in a deli cup with some moist paper towel and put him back in the incubator to keep him nice and warm.
The next day he was still weak but improving, the day after that he had regain strength and I decided to assist feed him since he obviously had not absorbed any of his yolk.
Since than (he hatched on 06/21) he has been doing very well, he did not shed in the same times than his other siblings but took his first meal on his own when they did even though he had not had his first shed, he actually had his first shed today and so far as had 2 meals on his own.
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