Separation of thoraco-omphalopagus twins in a rural secondary hospital: Perioperative management

Providing anaesthesia for the separation surgery of conjoined twins presents unique challenges to the managing anaesthesiologists. The low incidence of such surgeries and anatomical variations in each type of conjoined twins makes each separation surgery a unique experience. This report features the...

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Autores principales: Singh, Madhurita, Jacob, Rebecca, Naik, Vibhavari, Baines, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3530998/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23293382
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5049.103957
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spelling pubmed-35309982013-01-04 Separation of thoraco-omphalopagus twins in a rural secondary hospital: Perioperative management Singh, Madhurita Jacob, Rebecca Naik, Vibhavari Baines, David Indian J Anaesth Special Article Providing anaesthesia for the separation surgery of conjoined twins presents unique challenges to the managing anaesthesiologists. The low incidence of such surgeries and anatomical variations in each type of conjoined twins makes each separation surgery a unique experience. This report features the anaesthetic plan and challenges faced in performing the separation surgery of a set of thoraco-omphalopagus twins in a rural secondary hospital in a remote location in India. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3530998/ /pubmed/23293382 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5049.103957 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Anaesthesia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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