SEPARATION AND SURVIVAL OF XIPHOPAGUS TWINS
- 12 December 1953
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 153 (15) , 1360-1362
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1953.02940320056010
Abstract
Symmetrically conjoined twins are rare. Potter reports only one case in the course of over 60,000 deliveries at Chicago Lying-In Hospital since 1931. Our case is the first occurring at Mount Sinai Hospital in the course of approximately 35,000 deliveries. Potter states that in all symmetrically conjoined twins, except the rare xiphopagus type in which only the lower portions of the sternum are fused, some of the viscera are shared by the two infants and surgical separation is impossible. Eastman reports three authentic cases (omphalopagus type) in which surgical separation was accomplished with the survival of one twin and the death of the other. Further, he states that no case has been reported with the separation and survival of both. A survey of the literature also reveals no reported case of survival of both twins. It is not within the province of this paper to discuss conjoined twins; the subjectKeywords
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