Eight-day-old conjoined twins successfully separated in Switzerland

Lydia and Maya are believed to be the youngest conjoined twins to ever be successfully separated.

The twins, joined in the liver and chest, were born on December 2 at the Inselspital hospital in Bern, along with a triplet who was fully separate and healthy, BBC reports.

According to Swiss media, the doctors had planned to wait till the twins were several months old before performing the procedure. They were however forcedt to bring it forward as the twins’ lives were in danger.

The separation surgery took a 13-strong medical team five hours on December 10, 2015.

The girls then underwent further surgery to close their abdominal walls and are now recovering in a peadiatric intensive care ward.

They are now recovering in a paediatric intensive care ward..