One-year-old Israeli twin girls, who were born joined back-to-back at the head, have been separated after a rare and complicated surgery.
The sisters, whose names were not provided, underwent a 12-hour operation at Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, Israel last week.The procedure was extremely rare, the hospital said in a statement on Sunday, and came after months of preparation.Following the operation, the twins can now face each other for the first time since they were born in August last year.
"Twin girls, joined at the skull, successfully separated in 18-hour operation in Vatican hospitalBut he cautioned that"the next few days will be critical in the process of the twins' recovery."Dozens of staff cared for the twins and prepared them for surgery, the hospital said.
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