A pair of conjoined twins are recovering in Peru nearly a month after they were successfully separated, and doctors say they will be able to develop normally and live a full life.
Shadya and Shandell were born connected at the abdomen on February 26.
The sisters shared a liver, but were able to undergo the separation surgery because they did not share a biliary tract and each had their own hearts and other vital organs.
Doctors had to first carefully separate the skin before proceeding to splitting the liver the tiny girls shared into two.
From there, doctors continued with the delicate task of separating the diaphragms and their closely linked hearts.
The surgery, which lasted eight hours and involved a team of 30 doctors, surgeons, and nurses, was an accomplishment for Peruvian medicine.
The infants, Shandell who currently weighs 4.450 kilograms (9 pounds 13 ounces) and Shadya who tips the scales at 4.69 (10 pounds 5 ounces) kilogrammes, are recovering well and each liver is expected to fully regenerate.
The proud parents of the twin girls, Orfelinda Vasquez Sanchez and Segundo Vargas Fuentes, expect to take their miracle babies home in the coming days.
They are expected to fully recover, but will have to undergo periodic monitoring as they grow.
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