Conjoined twin boys who shared fused brains have been successfully separated after a 33 hour operation in Brazil.
Bernardo and Arthur Lima, aged 3, had their surgeries in Rio de Janeiro, with help from Great Ormond St Hospital in London.
For months medical teams had been trialling techniques with virtual reality projections of the pair.
The BBC have reported that surgeon Noor ul Owase Jeelani described the operation as "space-age stuff".
Jeelani said for the first time, surgeons in different countries wore headsets and operated in the same "virtual reality room," the BBC reported.
The twins had seven operations and around 100 medical staff were involved in the process.
Jeelani said he only had a 15 minute break during the surgeries. He says he was exhausted but "over the moon".
The twins are now recovering in hospital with six months of recovery ahead of them.
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