Surgery for conjoined twins

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 230-235

  Spitz, Lewis ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANORECTAL MALFORMATION; ANUS ATRESIA; AORTA COARCTATION; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; COLOSTOMY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONJOINED TWINS; DEATH; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HISTORY; HORSESHOE KIDNEY; HUMAN; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LUNG ATRESIA; LUNG HYPOPLASIA; MONITORING; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SOLITARY KIDNEY; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; UMBILICAL HERNIA;

FEMALE; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; TWINS, CONJOINED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0037961132     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588403766274917     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (21)

1. Spencer R. Theoretical and analytical embryology of conjointed twins. Part I: Embryogenesis. Clin Anat 2000; 13: 36-53.
2. Geroulanos S, Jaggi F, Wydler J, Cakmakci M. Thoracopagus symmetricus. Gesnerus 1993; 50: 179-200.
3. Courtesy of The Museum of San Marco, Florence, Italy.
4. Bondeson J. The Biddenden maids: A curious chapter in the history of conjoined twins. J R Soc Med 1992; 85: 217-21.
5. Bondeson J. Thw Two-Headed Boy and Other Medical Marvels. London: Cornell University Press, 2000; 164.
6. Geoffroy St. Hilaire I. Histoire Général et Particulière des Anomalies de L'Organisation Chez L'Homme et Chez les Animaux. Paris; Baillière, 1832-1836.
7. Durston W. A narrative of a monstrous birth in Plymouth October 22, 1670; Together with the anatomic observations taken thereupon by William Durston, Doctor of Physick, and communication to Dr. Tim Clerk. Philos Trans R Soc 1670; V: 2096.
8. Rickham PP. The dawn of paediatric surgery: Johannes Fatio (1649-1691) - His life, his work and his horrible end. Prog Pediatr Surg 1986; 20: 94-105.
9. Hunter K. Duet for a Lifetime. London: Michael Joseph, 1964.
10. An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Siamese Twin Brothers from Actual Observations (Entered at Stationers Hall). London: W. Turner, 1829.
11. Spitz L, Kiely EM. The success rate for surgery of conjoined twins [letter]. Lancet 2000; 356: 1765.
12. Spitz L, Kiely EM. Great Ormond Street experience with conjoined twins. Br J Surg 2002; 89: 1188-92.
13. Wolfowitz J, Kerr EM, Levin SE, Walker DH, Vetten KB. Separation of craniopagus twins. S Afr Med J 1968; 42: 412-24.
14. Spitz L, Capps SNJ, Kiely EM. Xipho-omphalo-ischiopagus tripus conjoined twins: Successful separation following abdominal wall expansion. J Pediatr Surg 1991; 26: 26-9.
15. Spitz L, Stringer MD, Kiley EM, Ransley PG, Smith P. Separation of branchio-thoraco-omphalo-ischiopagus bipus conjoined twins. J Pediatr Surg 1924; 29: 477-81.
16. Wilcox DT, Quinn SM, Spitz L, Kiely EM, Ransley PG. Urological problems in conjoined twins. Br J Urol 1998; 81: 905-10.
17. Spitz K, Crabbe DCG, Kiely EM. Separation of thoraco-omphalopagus conjoined twins with complex hepato-biliary anatomy. J Pediatr Surg 1997; 32: 787-9.
18. Kingston C, McHugh K, Kumar Devan J, Spitz L, Kiely EM. The role of radiology in the assessment of conjoined twins. Paper presented at The Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, 1999.
19. Casele HL, Meyer JR. Ultrafast magnetic resonance imaging of cephalopagus conjoined twins. Obstet Gynecol 2000; 95: 1015-7.
20. MacKenzie TC, Crombleholme TM, Johnson MP, Schnaufer L, Flake AW, Henrick HL et al. The natural history of prenatally diagnosed conjoined twins. J Paed Surg 2002; 37: 303-9.
21. Ward Lord Justice, In the Supreme Court of Judicature, Court of Appeal (Civil Division), On Appeal from the Family Division. Case No: B1/2000/2969. Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, London, 22nd September 2000.