A pair of Pakistani conjoined twins, born with their skulls and blood vessels fused together, have been successfully separated after multiple surgeries that took more than 50 hours to complete in London, surgeons announced on July 16, 2019. /VCG Photo
Supported by a private donor, two-year-old Safa and Marwa Ullah underwent three surgeries carried out between October 2018 and February this year at the Great Ormond Street Hospital, according to the Guardian. /VCG Photo
Neurosurgeon Noor ul Owase Jeelani and craniofacial surgeon Professor David Dunaway led the team which separated the girls using state-of-the-art technology including virtual reality, advanced imaging and three-dimensional rapid prototyping. /VCG Photo
The sisters, whose father died of a heart attack before they were born, were discharged and are currently undergoing daily physiotherapy accompanied with their mother, grandfather and uncle. /VCG Photo
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