urgeons have successfully separated conjoined Bhutanese twins Nima and Dawa after a six-hour operation in Melbourne.
The twins Nima and Dawa are now in recovery.
A team of 18 surgeons, nurses and anaesthetists at the Royal Children's Hospital were involved in the mission to separate the 15-month-old girls, who were joined at the torso and share a liver.
The conjoined twins with their mother before going into surgery.
Royal Children's Hospital
Lead paediatric surgeon Joe Crameri said the twins were "doing very well" and breathing on their own.
"We saw two young girls who were very ready for their surgery, who were able to cope very well with the surgery and are currently in our recovery doing very well.
"We didn't find surprises, we knew the liver would be connected... it was divided successfully without any major bleeding."
Doctors had been concerned that the sisters may share a bowel, but discovered that they were not.
