Surgical separation of conjoined (Siamese) xiphopagus twins
Messmer, B.J.; Hörnchen, H.; Kösters, C.
Surgery 89(5): 622-625
1981
ISSN/ISBN: 0039-6060 PMID: 7221893 Document Number: 174232
Conjoined twins of the xiphopagus type have been separated 24 hours after spontaneous delivery. Indication for early intervention was impending rupture of a large omphalocele as well as deterioration of one severely malformed twin who did not survive surgery, whereas the other one showed normal development up to 15 months after separation.