The baby girls, Truc Nhi and Dieu Nh, were separated by doctors working at City Children’s Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and are now said to be doing well
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A team of 100 medics worked for 12 hours to separate two 13-month-old sisters.
The baby girls, Truc Nhi and Dieu Nhi, are said to be doing well following the delicate separation surgery.
The girls were delivered by cesarian section at 33 weeks after doctors City Children's Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City realised they were joined at the pelvis.
Hospital director Truong Quang Dinh said: "Up to now, this can be considered as a successful surgery and this is a first successful step.
The baby girls are said to be doing well following the delicate separation surgery
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"The recovery process will be difficult and more challenging for the hospital.
"We will focus and do everything to ensure this is a great success.
"Preparations for the surgery began when the girls were born and the medical team hailed the operation carried out on Wednesday as a complete success."
The operation took place in City Children's Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City
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The operation went on for 12 hours
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The 13-months-old twins weigh 15kg and are in good health, hospital staff said.
The team of doctors behind the surgery have been following their development since birth and were confident the girls would survive.
A core team of nine doctors have been planning the separation surgery since June 2019 when the twins were born.
It took 100 medics to separate them
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The girls are now doing well
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Professor Tran Dong A, 79, said: "The chances of the children making a full recovery are very positive thanks to advanced surgical techniques and equipment."
Professor A successfully performed another operation to separate Vietnamese twin boys in 1988.
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and acting minister of heath Nguyen Thanh Long sent a message of congratulations to the team of doctors and asked them to pass on their best wishes to the two baby sisters.
The girls will need more operations to complete the separation, including plastic surgery, the hospital said.
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