title: [The successful separation of a craniopagus].
abstract: The article describes successful separation of craniopagus--two-year-old girls fused in the parieto-frontal regions. The results of preoperative examination, the operation, and the postoperative period are described in detail. The given case is compared with data in the literature. It is recommended that the operation for separating craniopagus should be undertaken as early as possible.
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Konovalov
authors.forename: Ch M
authors.initials: ChM
authors.lastname: Vaĭchis
mesh_terms: D000768:Anesthesia, General; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003399:Craniotomy / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008578:Meninges / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D012886:Skull / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods; D015625:Tissue Expansion Devices; D014056:Tomography, X-Ray; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014428:Twins, Conjoined / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Uspeshnoe razdelenie kraniopagov.