title: Staging the separation of ischiopagus twins.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Ramakrishna Mission Sevapratisthan, Calcutta, India.
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Chakravarti
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Deb Maulik
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: De Majumdar
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Sen
mesh_terms: D013505:Digestive System Surgical Procedures; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D013997:Time Factors; D014428:Twins, Conjoined / Q000601:surgery*