Doctors optimistic after conjoined twins separated in USA

Doctors in Houston are optimistic 10-month-old formerly conjoined twin girls will survive after a recent surgery that separated them.

It took 26 hours last week to separate the girls, Knatalyne Hope Mata and Adeline Faith, who shared a chest wall, lungs, a part of their heart lining, diaphragm, liver, colon, intestines and pelvic area, according to lead surgeon Dr Darrell Cass.

The surgery, which took place at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, had been planned since before they were born last April.