Successful Separation of Omphalopagus Twins: A Case Report

Omphalopagus twins are conjoined twins sharing part of gastrointestinal system and abdominal wall. These types of twins have best chances of survival if successfully separated. We report a case of successfully separated omphalopagus twins at day six of life.

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Autores principales: Patil, Prashant S, Kothari, Paras, Gupta, Abhaya, Kekre, Geeta, Dikshit, KV, Kamble, Ravi, Deshmukh, Shahaji
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: EL-MED-Pub 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4714617/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26793597
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author Patil, Prashant S
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spelling pubmed-47146172016-01-20 Successful Separation of Omphalopagus Twins: A Case Report Patil, Prashant S Kothari, Paras Gupta, Abhaya Kekre, Geeta Dikshit, KV Kamble, Ravi Deshmukh, Shahaji J Neonatal Surg Case Report Omphalopagus twins are conjoined twins sharing part of gastrointestinal system and abdominal wall. These types of twins have best chances of survival if successfully separated. We report a case of successfully separated omphalopagus twins at day six of life. EL-MED-Pub 2016-01-01 /pmc/articles/PMC4714617/ /pubmed/26793597 Text en Copyright: © 2016 JNS http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Successful Separation of Omphalopagus Twins: A Case Report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4714617/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26793597
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