Successful anesthetic management of separation surgery for pygopagus conjoined twins: a case report

Successful anesthetic management of separation surgery for pygopagus conjoined twins: a case report

Abstract 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 pygopagus conjoined twins underwent separation surgery. We performed anesthesia i...

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Main Authors: Yukari Sato, Akira Iura, Yu Kawamoto, Shunsuke Yamamoto, Takeshi Iritakenishi, Yuji Fujino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-01-01
Series:JA Clinical Reports
Subjects:
Conjoined twins
Separation surgery
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40981-020-00406-8

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s40981-020-00406-8

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