One-month-old conjoined twins have been successfully separated in eastern China.

The video was filmed in the city of Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province on October 26.

The conjoined twin sisters were reportedly born with their abdominal skin connected to each other and using the same umbilical cord.

Since the younger sister has congenital heart disease. Medical workers put the twins in an incubator to take care of them for around a month until the younger sister gained weight to 2.3kg.

After a two-hour operation, doctors successfully separated the twins.

According to reports, conjoined infants are extremely rare, with an incidence rate of about one in 100,000.

It was the first conjoined infant separation operation in Zhejiang Province since it had the country's first ischial conjoined infant separation surgery in 2000.

The older sister is in good condition and the doctors will give cardiac surgery to the younger sister later.

The video was provided by local media with permission.

10月26日上午，浙江大学医学院附属儿童医院手术室，一对腹部相连、共用脐带的联体婴儿在出生40天后经手术分离。这对自母体就紧密相连的姐妹，分开后又立即在两个相邻手术室同时进行胸骨、膈肌成型和腹壁修复手术，终于成为真正意义上的两个独立个体。目前，姐姐妹妹均生命体征平稳。联体婴是极为罕见的病症，发病率约为十万分之一。据了解，这是浙江省自2000年开展全国首例坐骨联体婴分离术后，时隔22年再行联体婴手术。