Conjoined twins successfully separated in Brazil
STORY: These three-year-old conjoined
twins were successfully separated
after a 27-hour surgery
Arthur and Bernardo Lima were born in
a rural part of northern Brazil in 2018
They shared part of the brain and main
vein that carries blood back to the heart
Doctors spent months researching
and preparing for the surgery
(Gabriel Mufarrej, Neurosurgeon)
“I talked to Adriely and told her I believed we were capable to separate the children. I learned the phrase ‘when you have 1% of possibility, you have 99% of faith’.”
The boys were able to lay face-to-face
for the first time after the surgery
They will spend the next six months
undergoing rehabilitation
Arthur and Bernardo are the oldest
twins with a fused brain to be separated
