Conjoined twins attached at chest, belly and pelvis are successfully separated

Twin sisters who were born sharing a chest, stomach and pelvis have now been separated in a massive 15-hour operation involving nearly 60 medics. Kiraz and Aruna, from Brazil , are conjoined twins and shared several vital organs, making their surgical separation an incredibly complex procedure. They went under the knife on May 10th in what one of the surgeons involved said was one of the most complex ever performed in the state of Goiás where they live. The girls, who only turned one in November last year, are what is medically known as tripus ischiopagus conjoined twins. This means the pair were joined at the pelvis and have three legs between them. Tripus ischiopagus is rare even among conjoined twins accounting for only about 6 per cent of all cases.