title: History of treatment of conjoined twins.
abstract: This paper presents a history of the treatment of conjoined twins. The first mention of this malformation comes from the Neolithic period. Conjoined twins were depicted in mythologies of ancient peoples. The present paper focuses on the theories of formation of Siamese twins and attempts at their separation. Moreover, the history of treatment of conjoined twins in Poland is described.
authors.affiliation: Chair of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, University Children Hospital, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland. kkobylarz@usdk.pl.
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kobylarz
mesh_terms: D049668:History, 15th Century; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D011044:Poland; D014428:Twins, Conjoined / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery