Surgical management of pygopagus parasiticus in a developing country: Challenges and review of the literature

• Автори: A.O. Ademuyiwa (Автор), E.O. Alabi (Автор), H.O. Idiodi-Thomas (Автор), O.B. Bankole (Автор), O.A. Elebute (Автор), F.M. Alakaloko (Автор), I. Desalu (Автор), C.O. Bode (Автор)
• Формат: Книга
• Опубліковано: Elsevier, 2015-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Предмети: article
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Conjoint twins are a rare aberration of monozygotic twinning which could be symmetric or asymmetric. Pygopagus parasiticus is a form of asymmetric twinning in which the parasitic or incomplete twin is attached to the autosite (dominant twin). We present our recent experience in the management of a c...