Twins joined at head separated

SURGEONS yesterday separated year-old Guatemalan twins joined at the head after a marathon and risky operation that took about 20 hours to complete.

Dr Houman Hemmati, who assisted in the surgery in Los Angeles, said the separation appeared to be successful.

“Everyone had goosebumps at the end of the procedure,” he said. “People were cheering, people were clapping, people were crying. It was more than optimistic, it was overjoyed and we can’t wait ’til we see these kids playing, laughing, crying like normal baby children,” he said.