One-year-old twin girls have looked at each other for the first time following a complex surgery to separate them at Soroka Medical Centre in Beersheba, Israel.
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Dozens of experts from Israel and abroad were involved in the preparation and 12-hour procedure. The team used 3D and virtual-reality models to map the complex operation. This enabled simulations and practice to be undertaken before the actual procedure.
Soroka's chief paediatric neurosurgeon, Mickey Gideon, said: "We have done the reconstruction of the brain membrane, a reconstruction of the skull and now the plastic surgeons continue the surgery for the sealing of the skin"
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