Staging the separation of ischiopagus twins.
A pair of ischiopagus tetrapus twins were successfully separated in Calcutta in 1986. The separation was staged. The gastrointestinal tracts were separated at a preliminary operation, and definitive separation carried out 3 months later. Staging permitted us to perform the final separation on healthier babies with the exclusion of the intestinal contents from the wounds and with reduced operating time.
Chatterjee
S K
SK
Ramakrishna Mission Sevapratisthan, Calcutta, India.
Chakravarti
A K
AK
Deb Maulik
T K
TK
De Majumdar
N
N
Sen
M K
MK
D013505:Digestive System Surgical Procedures; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D013997:Time Factors; D014428:Twins, Conjoined / Q000601:surgery*