Conjoined Twins Before & After Separation Surgery

By KSEE News

September 6, 2011 Updated Sep 6, 2011 at 8:57 PM PDT

4 month old conjoined twins who were born connected at the chest and abdomen were successfully separated on Monday.

It took 6 hours on the operating table and 4 teams of doctors working simultaneously to complete the surgery.

The twin girls are being closely supervised at the intensive care unit of Shanghai Children's Medical Center.