Conjoined twins surgically separated

Doctors believe that both 10-month-old girls can recover from their 26-hour procedure

Doctors are optimistic that 10-month-old formerly conjoined twin girls will survive after the surgery that separated them.

It took 26 hours last week to separate the girls, Knatalyne Hope Mata and Adeline Faith, who shared a chest wall, lungs, a part of their heart lining, diaphragm, liver, colon, intestines and pelvic area, according to lead surgeon Dr Darrell Cass. The surgery, which took place at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, had been planned since before the girls were born in April.