Conjoined twins separated by Great Ormond Street doctors
Twins who were born joined at the head have been successfully separated by a team of British doctors.
Baby girls Rital and Ritag Gaboura, who are 11 months old, were separated on 15 August after four operations at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children.
They do not appear to have suffered neurological side effects. Only one in 10 million sufferers survive their rare condition.
The Sudanese infants were flown to the UK by the charity Facing the World.
Conjoined twins are very rare and only 5% of conjoined twins are craniopagus, which means they are fused at the head.
About 40% of twins fused at the head are stillborn or die during labour and a third die within 24 hours.
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