Doctors say they have successfully separated eight- day-old conjoined twin girls-believed to be the youngest ever babies to be parted,Daily record reports..
Medics in Bern, Switzerland carried out the operation risky operation on girls Lydia and Maya over five hours with a 13-strong team.
The surgery reportedly carried just a one percent chance of success.
According to Swiss media, the twins were "extensively conjoined on the liver, but had all vital organs".Local media reports that the twins are putting on weight and beginning to breast-feed, following the operation on December 10.
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