Anaesthetic challenges in conjoined twins’ separation surgery

Conjoined twins are a rare congenital anomaly of unknown aetiology. We report the successful anaesthetic management of separation of ischiopagus tetrapus conjoined twins. The importance of a multidisciplinary approach, thorough pre-operative evaluation and planning, vigilant monitoring and anticipat...

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Autores principales: Kaniyil, Suvarna, Pavithran, Priyanka, Mubarak, KK, Mohamed, Taznim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5125191/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27942061
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5049.193685
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author Kaniyil, Suvarna
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description Conjoined twins are a rare congenital anomaly of unknown aetiology. We report the successful anaesthetic management of separation of ischiopagus tetrapus conjoined twins. The importance of a multidisciplinary approach, thorough pre-operative evaluation and planning, vigilant monitoring and anticipation of complications such as massive blood and fluid loss, haemodynamic instability, hypothermia and intensive, post-operative care are emphasised.
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spelling pubmed-51251912016-12-09 Anaesthetic challenges in conjoined twins’ separation surgery Kaniyil, Suvarna Pavithran, Priyanka Mubarak, KK Mohamed, Taznim Indian J Anaesth Case Report Conjoined twins are a rare congenital anomaly of unknown aetiology. We report the successful anaesthetic management of separation of ischiopagus tetrapus conjoined twins. The importance of a multidisciplinary approach, thorough pre-operative evaluation and planning, vigilant monitoring and anticipation of complications such as massive blood and fluid loss, haemodynamic instability, hypothermia and intensive, post-operative care are emphasised. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016-11 /pmc/articles/PMC5125191/ /pubmed/27942061 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5049.193685 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-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5125191/
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