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CONJOINED TWINS: MEDICAL, SURGICAL AND ETHICAL CHALLENGES
Author(s) -
Rejjal AbdelLatif R.,
Nazer Hisham M.,
AbuOsba Yousef K.,
Rimi Ayman,
Ahmed Saeed
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1992.tb07558.x
Subject(s) - conjoined twins , medicine , surgical procedures , radiological weapon , surgery , general surgery
Four sets of conjoined twins were reviewed. One set was of the omphalopagus type with no associated abnormalities and were successfully separated at 12 days of age. The other three were of the thoracoomphalopagus type with major cardiac and other abnormalities, they were not amenable to surgery and did not survive. Conjoined twins require precise clinical and radiological evaluation. Many factors contribute to the management of such twins and ethical issues must be considered before surgical separation is undertaken.