Two-year-old twin boys from Egypt who had been joined at the head spent their first night apart after 34-hour separation surgery and a doctor said today they were “in good shape.”

Two-year-old Egyptian twins joined at the top of their heads were successfully separated by doctors in the US, but face a long recovery after a marathon surgery lasting 26 hours.

AFTER 26 hours in the operating room, pediatric neurosurgeons successfully separated two-year-old Egyptian twins joined at the top of their heads yesterday.

After more than a year of preparation, a team of 18 doctors today began the delicate surgery to separate two-year-old twins from Egypt joined at the crown of their heads.