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- 1From:Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics (Vol. 28, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedOn September 22, 2000, a three-judge panel of London's Court of Appeal ordered the separation of conjoined twins in a procedure that would kill one child to improve her sister's chances of survival.[1] The unanimous...
- 2From:International Journal of Reproduction, Contraception, Obstetrics and Gynecology (Vol. 7, Issue 12) Peer-ReviewedConjoined twins are a very rare complication of monochorionic monoamniotic pregnancies, associated with severe mortality and morbidity. Ultrasonography has made early diagnosis of conjoined twins possible, allowing...
- 3From:Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences (Vol. 2, Issue 12) Peer-ReviewedINTRODUCTION: A unique anomaly of multiple pregnancy is conjoined twins. They are derived from single fertilized ovum occurring in 200 to 2,50,000 births with incidence 1 per 50,000 to 1,00,000 live births (1)....
- 4From:Journal of Medical Case Reports (Vol. 15, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Conjoined twins are a rare clinical event occurring in about 1 per 250,000 live births. Though the prognosis of conjoined twins is generally low, there is limited evidence as to the optimal method of...
- 5From:Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedByline: Amber. Rawat, Richa. Rai, Anil. Paswan, Vaibhav. Pandey Conjoined twins are one of the most fascinating human malformations. Here, we report the anesthetic management and challenges faced in performing the...
- 6From:Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons (Vol. 14, Issue 1)Byline: Subir. Chatterjee, Amal. Chakravarty, N. Demajumdar, Kalyan. Sarkar, Sukanta. Misra There is no record of both separated ischiopagus tetrapus conjoined twins leading normal lives 22 years after separation. We...
- 7From:Health Law JournalPeer-Reviewed1. Introduction The question of who should have the last say in medical treatment decisions on behalf of young children crops up whenever parents and physicians cannot agree on a course of treatment and the courts...
- 8From:British Medical Journal (Vol. 321, Issue 7261) Peer-ReviewedThe parents of Siamese twins born in the north of England went to the Court of Appeal this week to try to overturn a High Court judge's ruling giving doctors the go-ahead to operate to separate the twins. As the BMJ...
- 9From:African Journal of Paediatric Surgery (Vol. 13, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedByline: Kotti. Ahmed, Ben. Mahdi, Zitouni. Hayet, Louati. Hamdi, Jallouli. Mohamed, Mhiri. Riadh Heteropagus twins are an extremely rare event with an incidence of 1–2 million live births that represents,...
- 10From:International Journal of Advanced Medical and Health Research (Vol. 3, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedByline: P. Veena, Latha. Chaturvedula Two rare complications of twin gestation, namely, conjoined twins and interlocking of twins, manifested as arrest of descent in the second stage of labor. This article reports in...
- 11From:Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia (Vol. 11, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedByline: Raghavendra. Vagyannavar, Amrita. Bhattacharyya, Gaurav. Misra, Mohammad. Hashim, Asmita. Sir, Conjoined twins are identical twins whose bodies are joined in utero . It is a rare phenomenon; it is...
- 12From:International Journal of Reproduction, Contraception, Obstetrics and Gynecology (Vol. 7, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedConjoined twin is a rare complication seen in 1% of monochorionic twins and associated with severe morbidity and mortality. It occurs due to a division event at the primitive streak stage of the human embryonic...
- 13From:The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology (Anadolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi) (Vol. 13, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedIntroduction Conjoined twins are rarely seen in medical practice, and the incidence is reported as 1 in 50.000 to 1 in 100.000 live births; 60% of these die in utero or are stillborn (1). The thoracopagus is the most...
- 14From:Nursing Children and Young People (Vol. 23, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedTWIN GIRLS who were joined at the head have been safely separated by a team at London's Great Ormond Street Hospital. Rital and Ritag Gaboura from Sudan had total type III craniopagus. The girls underwent four...
- 15From:The Literary Review (Vol. 60, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedOn the morning of our death, I wake before dawn. Lying under tangled sheets of our shared bed, I snap the cool blade of the jackknife open, shut, open, shut as the sky blues with the rising sun. Outside shards of light...
- 16From:Indian Journal of Surgery (Vol. 77, Issue Suppl 1) Peer-ReviewedWe report a case of parasitic twin or incomplete or heteropagus twining of extra portions of a pelvis, lower and upper limbs, duplication of genitalia and herniation of intestinal tract with spleen-variant of conjoined...
- 17From:JA Clinical Reports (Vol. 7, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed
Successful anesthetic management of separation surgery for pygopagus conjoined twins: a case report.
Background Conjoined twins are an extremely rare congenital occurrence, and anesthetic management for surgical separation presents unique challenges for anesthesiologists. Case presentation Five-month-old male... - 18From:CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal (Vol. 177, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedWho would want to be joined at the head with another person knowing separation is impossible and life an agony? I doubt a physician in Canada would be willing to accept this cruel fate. So why were all the...
- 19From:Indian Journal of Anaesthesia (Vol. 58, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedByline: Rashmi. Pal, Kishore. Arora Introduction The ischiopagus variety of conjoined-twins is the most complicated form of twinning, contributing only 6% to all with significant organ sharing [sup][1] [Figure 1]....
- 20From:Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia (Vol. 4, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedByline: H. Ezike, V. Ajuzieogu, A. Amucheazi, S. Ekenze Conjoined twins have been viewed with fascination since antiquity. There are numerous reports in the literature documenting anesthetic management strategies for...