Advanced necrotizing enterocolitis: an indication for emergency separation of omphalopagus conjoined twins.
Emergency separation was considered the treatment of choice when one omphalopagus twin developed advanced necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). Twin B who developed advanced NEC died postoperatively but Twin A recovered satisfactorily.
D004200:Diseases in Twins; D004630:Emergencies; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D014428:Twins, Conjoined / Q000601:surgery