A pair of conjoined baby boys are expected to make a full recovery after being successfully separated in a nine-hour operation in Saudi Arabia . A team of surgeons , led by the country 's former Health Minister Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah , completed the difficult procedure in Riyadh . Both of the babies , named Abdullah and Abdulrahman , are reportedly doing very well . Scroll down for video . Abdullah and Abdulrahman , pictured before surgery , were successfully separated in a nine-hour operation . Both twins ( pictured , one of the boys after separation ) are reportedly doing well after the operation at King Abdulaziz Medical City in Riyadh . The twins , who are from the Republic of Yemen , were taken to Saudi Arabia to be operated on at the King Abdulaziz Medical City in the capital . During preliminary tests , the medical team discovered that the twins shared organs , including the intestines . A hospital spokesman said the multi-disciplinary medical team separated the pair after a nine-hour surgery carried out in nine stages at the weekend . He said : 'The bowels needed to be separated as well as their urinary systems and then the pelvic bones . 'When they were separated they were then divided into two teams to reconstruct the twins . ' The twins shared organs , including the intestines , and pelvic bones . Pictured , Abdulrahman in recovery . A team of surgeons , led by Saudi Arabia 's former Health Minister , completed the procedure over the weekend . The team had originally given the boys a 60 to 70 per cent chance of survival , but those odds have improved . The team consisted of Dr. Al-Rabeeah , Saudi consultants in anaesthesiology , paediatric , orthopaedic , plastic surgery and urinary tract surgery as well as nursing and technical staff . The surgeons originally gave the twins a 60 to 70 per cent chance of survival , but say that has now significantly improved with both are expected to survive the operation . They are currently being cared for in the paediatric intensive care unit at the hospital . This separation is the 35th performed on Siamese twins in the kingdom since 1990 on cases from more than 18 countries , including the Sudan , Yemen , Egypt , Malaysia , Philippines , Poland , Morocco and Iraq . Saudi Arabia has a team of top surgeons in the separation of conjoined twins - with 30 successful cases 30 over the past two decades . The twins ( pictured ) are currently being cared for in the paediatric intensive care unit at the hospital in Riyadh . The medical team ( pictured ) consisted of Dr. Al-Rabeeah , Saudi consultants in anaesthesiology , paediatric , orthopaedic , plastic surgery and urinary tract surgery as well as nursing and technical staff . The nine-hour surgery was carried out in nine stages at the weekend , with the bowels needing to be separated as well as their urinary systems and the pelvic bones . Last week , ten-month-old conjoined baby girls , from Texas , survived a world-first operation to separate them . Knatalye Hope and Adeline Faith Mata shared the same chest wall , lungs , pericardial sac ( the lining of the heart ) , diaphragm , liver , intestines , colon and pelvis . A team of more than 26 clinicians , including 12 surgeons , six anesthesiologists and eight surgical nurses at the Texas Children 's Hospital operated to separate the girls . The 26-hour surgery was the first time twins conjoined at the chest and abdomen in this way had been successfully separated . The ten-month-old girls twins , pictured before the surgery , were connected at the chest and abdomen and shared several vital organs including the liver , lungs and intestines . Mother Elysse Mata , pictured with one of her daughters in recovery , gives the thumbs up after her conjoined twins were successfully separated .
Both boys , ah Abdullah and Abdulrahman , are reportedly doing well . A large team of doctors , led by the country 's former Health minister Dr. Abdullah Al - din , completed the surgery in Riyadh . Their bowels , urinary systems , and then the pelvic bones were examined . Cared for in paediatric intensive care unit at King ##iya Medical City .