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W Q Huang1, J Y Fang, L C Xiao
1Department of Anesthesiology, First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China. fang_jieyu@163.com
Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
|July 10, 2004
Abstract:
We report the anesthetic management of a case of separation of craniopagus twins with unbalanced cross circulation and one twin with renal dysfunction. After intravenous induction, anesthesia was maintained with isoflurane inhalation and propofol infusion. Twin A survived but Twin B died after the surgery. The anesthetic problems during the operation are discussed.
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