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Two conjoined twins were successfully separated in Australia.
15-month-old babies Nima and Dawa, from Bhutan, South Asia, underwent a six hour operation on November 9.
The procedure, which required 20 doctors and nurses, and their reconstructed abdomens.
Previously, medical experts were not sure if the girls also shared a bowel, which could have complicated surgery.
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Fortunately it was found that the 'bowels were a bit intertwined' but otherwise not connected 'in any major way'.
'There were not any things inside the girls' that we were not really prepared for,' Joe Crameri, head of pediatric surgery at Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital, said.
'We saw two young girls who were very ready for their surgery, who were able to cope very well with surgery and are currently in our recovery doing very well.'
The girls, who were joined to the pelvis, arrived in Australia with their mother Bhumchu Zangmo about a month ago.
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The family stayed in a retreat outside Melbourne run by the Children First Foundation, a charity which also raised the money to support the Australian surgery.
It is thought the next 24 to 48 hours will be critical to their recovery, but Dr. Crameri is optimistic about the outcome, stating that the team feels 'quietly confident that we will have a good result'.
Their mother Ms Zangmo was described as being 'smiling, very happy, and grateful' as a result of the surgery.
Doctors in Bhutan was unable to separate the girls due to lack of medical expertise in the area.
Elizabeth Lodge of the Children First Foundation also told national broadcaster ABC that the twins had already developed strong personalities before they were separated.
'Nima's the robust one. She tends to … always be on the top, pulling rank, as we say, Dawa's more placid, 'she said.
'It will be really interesting to see what will happen once the girls are separated.'
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