Pygopagus Conjoined Twins for Separation Surgery: an Interesting Experience
Conjoined twins are rarely encountered in the clinical practice of the anaesthetist and the issues that have to be considered in their anaesthetic management are unique and fascinating. Pygopagus are one of the rare type of conjoined twins with only a handful of cases reported in the literature. We...
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| author | Sanwatsarkar Sadhana Kulshrestha Mayank Mathews Jean J Jadhav Shobhit |
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| description | Conjoined twins are rarely encountered in the clinical practice of the anaesthetist and the issues that have to be considered in their anaesthetic management are unique and fascinating. Pygopagus are one of the rare type of conjoined twins with only a handful of cases reported in the literature. We present the case of one and half month old male pygopagus conjoined twins who were joined together dorsally in lower lumbar and sacral region and shared a single thecal sac. They were brought to our hospital for separation surgery. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-24d73aefb0bd4fde9daeed9afc47826a2022-12-21T21:14:40ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsThe Indian Anaesthetists' Forum0973-03112013-05-0114514Pygopagus Conjoined Twins for Separation Surgery: an Interesting ExperienceSanwatsarkar SadhanaKulshrestha MayankMathews Jean JJadhav ShobhitConjoined twins are rarely encountered in the clinical practice of the anaesthetist and the issues that have to be considered in their anaesthetic management are unique and fascinating. Pygopagus are one of the rare type of conjoined twins with only a handful of cases reported in the literature. We present the case of one and half month old male pygopagus conjoined twins who were joined together dorsally in lower lumbar and sacral region and shared a single thecal sac. They were brought to our hospital for separation surgery.http://theiaforum.org/displayFullArticle.jsp?articleId=3OvWVM3oKAA%3DPygopagusconjoined twinsseparation surgeryanaesthesiamonitoring |
| spellingShingle | Sanwatsarkar Sadhana Kulshrestha Mayank Mathews Jean J Jadhav Shobhit Pygopagus Conjoined Twins for Separation Surgery: an Interesting Experience The Indian Anaesthetists' Forum Pygopagus conjoined twins separation surgery anaesthesia monitoring |
| title | Pygopagus Conjoined Twins for Separation Surgery: an Interesting Experience |
| title_full | Pygopagus Conjoined Twins for Separation Surgery: an Interesting Experience |
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| title_short | Pygopagus Conjoined Twins for Separation Surgery: an Interesting Experience |
| title_sort | pygopagus conjoined twins for separation surgery an interesting experience |
| topic | Pygopagus conjoined twins separation surgery anaesthesia monitoring |
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