Successful neurosurgical separation of conjoined spinal cords in pygopagus twins: illustrative cases

BACKGROUND: Conjoined twins represent a rare congenital malformation. Pygopagus twins are fused at the sacrum and perineum, with union of the spine. The authors report a successful separation of a unique case of pygopagus twins sharing a U-shaped spinal cord, which the authors identified through abe...

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Autores principales: Yokota, Chisato, Kagawa, Naoki, Bamba, Yohei, Tazuke, Yuko, Kitabatake, Yasuji, Nakagawa, Tomoyoshi, Hirayama, Ryuichi, Okuyama, Hiroomi, Kishima, Haruhiko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association of Neurological Surgeons 2021
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Case Illustration
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9241251/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35854707
http://dx.doi.org/10.3171/CASE218

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9241251/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35854707
http://dx.doi.org/10.3171/CASE218

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