Separation of complex pygopagus conjoined twins

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 619-622

  Fowler, Carol L ^a   Pulito, Andrew R ^a   Warf, Benjamin C ^a   Vandenbrink, Keith D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Conjoined spinal cord; Conjoined twins; Pygopagus twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; CONJOINED TWINS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; SPINAL CORD MALFORMATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWINS; UROGENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION;

EID: 0032913716     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3468(99)90088-X     Document Type: Article

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