Management of pyopagus conjoined twins

Approximately 18% of conjoined twins (1 in 200,000 live births) are joined at the sacrum ("pyopagus"). As the joined structures are not life-threatening, there is generally a good prognosis, with time for investigation and planning of operative separation. This paper reports on the managem...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Child's nervous system 2004-08, Vol.20 (8-9), p.635-639
Hauptverfasser:	Hockley, Anthony D, Gornall, Peter, Walsh, Richard, Nishikawa, Hiroshi, Lam, Hiu, MacPherson, Lesley, Bissenden, Jeff, Downey, Gabrielle, Spitz, Lewis
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Female Follow-Up Studies Humans Infant Lower Extremity - pathology Lower Extremity - surgery Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods Neurosurgery - methods Spinal Cord - abnormalities Spinal Cord - pathology Spinal Cord - surgery Surgery, Plastic - methods Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods Treatment Outcome Twins, Conjoined - surgery Ultrasonography, Prenatal - methods
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