Successful separation of two pairs of conjoined twins in Ile Ife, Nigeria: Case reports

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 50-54

  Adejuyigbe, O ^a   Sowande, O A ^a,b   Olabanji, J K ^a   Komolafe, E O ^a   Faponle, F ^a   Adetiloye, V A ^a   Famurewa, O C ^a   Akinyoola, A L ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITALS COMPLEX   (Nigeria)

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; COLOSTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONJOINED TWINS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NIGERIA; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; RARE DISEASE; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; COLOSTOMY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NIGERIA; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; RARE DISEASES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWINS, CONJOINED;

EID: 26944497951     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v82i1.9295     Document Type: Article

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