title: Final stage surgical treatment of the conjoined twins of Masasi, Tanzania: case report.
abstract: A set of female pygopagus conjoined twins, Agnes and Helen, were born to Margaret Paulo, 22, primigravida, at Masasi in Southern Tanzania on 2/4/98. They were referred from Ndanda Mission Hospital to Muhimbili Medical Centre (MMC) on 28/5/98 and from MMC to the Children's Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa, where they were successfully separated by Prof. H. Rode and his Team on 28/10/98. Upon separation each Twin had an anorectoplasty and a sigmoid colostomy, with which they returned to Tanzania after post-operative recovery. The colostomy closures were performed at MMC by Prof. J.K. Shija, assisted by Dr. P.J. Ngiloi, on 11/3/99 (Helen) and 18/3/99 (Agnes), after completion of Anorectal treatment. They were discharged from MMC on 16/4/99, in satisfactory condition.
authors.affiliation: Division of Paediatric Surgery, Muhimbili Medical Centre, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Shija
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Ngiloi
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D014428:Twins, Conjoined / Q000601:surgery*