Safa, Marwa Ullah born with condit­ion known as 'cranio­pagus' in which parts of brains are joinedLONDON: Two-year-old Pakistani twins joined at the head have undergone successful surgery at a British hospital to separate their skulls, brains and blood vessels, doctors said on Tuesday. https://t.co/aKrOCMGu3q pic.twitter.com/SvDQaCvvBn — Great Ormond Street Hospital (@GreatOrmondSt) July 15, 2019“Craniopagus is an exceptionally rare and complex condition,” said David J Dunaway, who co-led the surgical team that treated the twins. Around 50 sets of craniopagus twins are estimated to be born around the world every year, of which only around 15 are thought to survive beyond the first 30 days of life. The procedures took place at London’s Great Ormond Street hospital, with the girls well enough to be discharged from hospital four months later on July 1. Their brains were more intertwined than the previous sets of craniopagus twins making it the most complicated separation to date,” the Great Ormond Street team said in a statement.

Source: The Express Tribune July 16, 2019 12:33 UTC