Ten-month-old conjoined twins have been successfully separated by surgeons during an 11-hour operation at a US hospital.
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia said on Tuesday sisters Erin and Abby Delaney, of North Carolina, are recovering in the intensive care unit after last week's procedure.
The hospital says the surgery was carefully orchestrated, down to marking monitors and equipment with green or purple tape, one colour assigned to each girl.
It's the 23rd time the hospital has separated conjoined twins.
The girls were joined at the top of their heads, described as the least common type of conjoined twins. They were born 10 weeks prematurely last July by caesarean section.
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