Imagine spending four years of your life in a hospital, connected to your brother by a skull, every day a fight for the future.
This reality, which seems almost unreal, became the daily life of Arthur and Bernardo Lima, two Brazilian conjoined twins, until an incredible technological breakthrough and an outstanding medical team allowed them to dream of living apart.
Today, after multiple surgeries, these two three-and-a-half-year-old brothers stand side by side, finally looking at the world with their own eyes, free from each other.
Their current appearance is marked by a stunning transformation: once connected, they are now separated, each with a separate figure and a small head full of hope.
They grew up under the medical light, but also in the love of their parents. In terms of size, they are now the age of little boys, healthy despite the ordeal they have endured. Their faces, once marked by the pain of physical separation, now radiate restored confidence.
Arthur and Bernardo Lima, two conjoined brothers born joined at the skull, were successfully separated after several surgeries.
At the age of three and a half, the boys spent most of their lives in hospital, living with an uncertain future.
The operation, described as the “most complex” of its kind, was made possible by an exceptional medical team and the use of virtual reality.
Before the procedure, surgeons recreated the twins’ anatomy in a virtual environment, allowing them to visualize each stage of the operation and prepare for it without risk to the children.
This technology allowed every movement to be prepared with unprecedented precision, ensuring optimum success.
After all this ordeal, the twins’ mother expressed deep relief, although the boys’ recovery is just beginning.
The operation highlights the impressive advances in modern medicine and the growing influence of virtual reality in complex surgeries.
Arthur and Bernardo can now live separately, but their path is still full of obstacles.
