Emergency separation of omphaloischiopagus tetrapus conjoined twins in the newborn period.
This article reports an experience on subemergent separation of xyphoomphaloischiopagus tetrapus conjoined twins in the newborn period when survival of one of the twins was threatened by a severely malformed counterpart.
Chen
W J
WJ
Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Republic of China.
Chen
K M
KM
Chen
M T
MT
Liu
T K
TK
Chu
S H
SH
Tsai
T C
TC
Hwang
F Y
FY
D000328:Adult; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007512:Ischium / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*; D014428:Twins, Conjoined / Q000601:surgery*