Successfully separated conjoined twins at French Medical Institute for Mothers and Children Kabul Afghanistan

Conjoined twins are a rare malformation and few cases have been reported in the literature. There are different types of conjoined twins and the most common type is the thoracopagus. Prognosis is related to the type of conjoined twins and the organs they share. We are reporting an Omphalopagus, in w...

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Autores principales: Rahimi, Mohammad Tareq, Shirzad, Mohammad Akbar, Amanat, Abdulwahab, Tahvildari, Azin, Bazgir, Narges, Mousavi, Sayed Hamid
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8898893/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35248881
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2022.106886
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Sumario:Conjoined twins are a rare malformation and few cases have been reported in the literature. There are different types of conjoined twins and the most common type is the thoracopagus. Prognosis is related to the type of conjoined twins and the organs they share. We are reporting an Omphalopagus, in which there was sharing of the liver, sternum, and abdominal wall. The complications in this kind of cases are Bleeding, Bile leakage, and infection.

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