Their mother did not take any supplements, medicines, or traditional herbal concoctions. She was also routinely checked by a midwife during her pregnancy, an American health report revealed. The twins suffered no complications during surgery or three-months on from the operation. The report explained that the boys were able to move more following their operation and that there are very few reports of similar successful operations. It added: “In our case, we learned that surgical management might provide improvement in quality of life, even though the patients were not candidates for separation surgery.”