Anesthesia and perioperative challenges for surgical separation of thoraco-omphalopagus twins: case report

Background and objectives: Conjoined twins are monozygotic twins physically joined at some part of the body. This is a rare phenomenon, estimated between 1:50,000 and 1:200,000 births. The objective of this report is to present the anesthetic management and the perioperative challenges for a separat...

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Main Authors: Milton Halyson Benevides de Freitas, Luciana Cavalcanti Lima, Tania Cursino de Menezes Couceiro, Maria Célia Ferreira da Costa, Márcio Handerson Benevides de Freitas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S010400141830143X