Conjoined twins: A report of four cases. 2020

Mohammed Hamada Takrouney, and Ibrahim Ali Ibrahim, and Hala Saad Abdel-Ghaffar, and Ahmed Ibrahim Abdel-Wahhab, and Mahmoud Mohamed Mostafa, and Wesam Nashat Ali, and Mohamed Sayed Abd-Elaal
Pediatric Surgery Department, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt. Electronic address: m.takrouney1988@aun.edu.eg.

BACKGROUND Conjoined twin is a rarely seen congenital anomaly associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The most common types of conjoined twins are thoracopagus. Conjoined twins are either symmetrical twins or asymmetrical or heteropagus. This report records the successful separation of 2 cases of asymmetrical twins and one symmetrical twin with fused livers and diaphragm and communicating peritoneal cavities. METHODS This study amended and strictly followed the ethical guidelines of the Helsinki declaration, our study included 4 case reports on conjoined twins (CT), 2 male and three female patients; 3 of them were parasitic and one was conjoined. We operated upon 2 parasitics and one conjoined. The 1st case died preoperatively. RESULTS Four living children is our result. CONCLUSIONS As connections between the bowel and bone of the parasite and the respective organs in the autosite are often absent, the parasite could be excised easily without any effect on the autosite. We recommend the separation of the parasite and the autosite as early as possible. In many cases, surgery results in the death of one or both of the conjoined twins, particularly if they are joined at the head or share a vital organ. Our separated twins are yet the youngest living separated twins. BACKGROUND ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03388684.

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