Twin boys joined at the head separated by 30 Indian doctors

- Twins conjoined at the head have been separated by a team of 30 Indian doctors in Delhi

- The surgery which took 16 hours was sucessful, however there remains to be seen how the boys will fare

- The doctors say the process of reconstructing their skulls will come next

In the Indian capital, Delhi, twin boys who were conjoined at the tops of their heads have been sucessfully separated.

Two-year-old Jaga and Kalia underwent 16 hours of surgery, and are now in the intensive care unit. The surgery was done by a team of 30 doctors and it is the first of its kind in India at a state-run hospital.

The boys were born with shared blood vessels and brain tissues, a very rare condition that occurs once in about three million births.

The twins before they were separated Source: AIIMS/BBC Randeep Guleria, the director of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, told the Press Trust of India that the "next 18 days would be extremely critical to ascertain the success of the surgery".