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HUMAN PARABIOTIC PYGOPAGUS TWINS WITH HYPERTENSION

Journal of the American Medical Association, 1948
Pygopagy, the state of twins being conjoined at the sacrum, has been reported in human beings on an average of three times a century since 1100 A.D.1Nature thus provides a rare occasion for studying humoral influences, transmitted from one twin to the other through communicating circulations.
S H, JONES, O Z, YOUNGHUSBAND, J A, EVANS   +2 more
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Anaesthetic Management of Conjoined Twins′ Separation Surgery

Indian Journal of Anaesthesia, 2009
Anaesthesia for conjoined twins, either for separation surgery, or for MRI or other evaluation procedures is an enormous challenge to the paediatric anaesthesiologist.
Kolli S Chalam
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Separation of pygopagus, omphalopagus, and ischiopagus with the aid of three-dimensional models

Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 2018
The three-dimensional (3D) technique provides with accurate anatomical information. We present the separation surgeries for three different kinds of conjoined twins with the aid of three-dimensional techniques.For the pygopagus twins, a pelvic and lower vertebral model was made.
Xiangqi, Liu, Kuiran, Dong, Shan, Zheng, Xianmin, Xiao, Chun, Shen, Chenbin, Dong, Haitao, Zhu, Hao, Li, Yunli, Bi, Ruixue, Ma   +9 more
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Successful neurosurgical separation of conjoined spinal cords in pygopagus twins: illustrative cases. [PDF]

J Neurosurg Case Lessons, 2021
Yokota C, Kagawa N, Bamba Y, Tazuke Y, Kitabatake Y, Nakagawa T, Hirayama R, Okuyama H, Kishima H.   +8 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

History and highlights of the teratological collection in the Narrenturm, Vienna (Austria)

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, Volume 191, Issue 5, Page 1301-1324, May 2023., 2023
Abstract The collection of the Narrenturm in Vienna houses and maintains more than 50,000 objects including approximately 1200 teratological specimens; making it one of the biggest collections of specimens from human origin in Europe. The existence of this magnificent collection―representing an important resource for dysmorphology research, mostly ...
Lucas L. Boer, Susanne Gerit Kircher, Helga Rehder, Jana Behunova, Eduard Winter, Helmut Ringl, Anke Scharrer, Elke de Boer, Roelof‐Jan Oostra   +8 more
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Heteropagus conjoined twins: Five cases

Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2022
Aim: report cases of heteropagus conjoined twins on and results of their management. Method: Prospective descriptive study of all heteropagus cases operated at the pediatric surgery department of the mother and child teaching hospital over five years ...
Mahamat-nour Abakar Djibrine, Olivier Ngaringuem, Youssouf Djidita Hagré, Adami Adam, Khadidja Attimer, Ouchemi Choua   +5 more
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A Rare Case of Conjoined Pygopagus Twins: Case Report

, 2023
Introduction and importance: Conjoined twins are a complication of monozygotic pregnancies with an incidence of 1:50,000-200,000 of life births. Pygopagus is found around 17% of all types of conjoined twins and has a mortality rate of 23%.
Saputro, Christina, Siti Nurdiati, Detty, Taufiqur Rachman, Irwan   +2 more
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Two is a Crowd

Clinical Anatomy, Volume 32, Issue 5, Page 722-741, July 2019., 2019
In this article, we provide a comprehensive overview of multiple facets in the puzzling genesis of symmetrical conjoined twins. The etiopathogenesis of conjoined twins remains matter for ongoing debate and is currently cited—in virtually every paper on conjoined twins—as partial fission or secondary fusion.
Lucas L. Boer, Annelieke N. Schepens‐Franke, Roelof Jan Oostra   +2 more
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Emergency neurosurgical separation of pygopagus conjoined twins in a triplet pregnancy: illustrative case. [PDF]

J Neurosurg Case Lessons
BACKGROUND Conjoined twins are a rare type of congenital malformation. The point of attachment is the primary factor used to classify conjoined twins; typically, this is front to front, with thoracopagus and omphalopagus twins accounting for about 75% of cases and pygopagus twins only between 6% and 19%.
Ali EH, Abebe YN, Haile MG, Bayable A.
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A Triple Obstetric Challenge of Thoracopagus‐Type Conjoined Twins, Eclampsia, and Obstructed Labor: A Case Report from Sub‐Saharan Africa

Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Volume 2017, Issue 1, 2017., 2017
Conjoined twins are very rarely seen. We present a case of thoracopagus that was undiagnosed prior to delivery and combined with eclampsia and obstructed labor in a low‐resource setting in sub‐Saharan Africa. A 27‐year‐old pregnant woman was presented to the maternity emergency unit of Princess Christian Maternity Hospital (PCMH) in Freetown at term in
Mariatu Binta Leigh, Valerie John-Cole, Mike Kamara, Alimamy Philip Koroma, Michael Momoh Koroma, Edward Ejiro Emuveyan, Peter Bramlage, Ivo Buschmann, Giovanni Monni   +8 more
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