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Musculoskeletal problems in the separation of ischiopagus tetrapus twins
N De Mazumder1, S K Chatterjee, T Chakraborty
1Department of Orthopaedics, Ramakrishna Mission Seva Pratishthan, Vivekanada Institute of Medical Sciences, Calcutta, India.
Journal of Pediatric Orthopedics
|May 1, 1991
Abstract:
A pair of ischiopagus tetrapus twins were successfully separated in Calcutta in 1986. The gastrointestinal tracts were separated at a preliminary operation, and the definitive operation was performed 3 months later. Four iliac osteotomies, division of symphysis pubes, and reconstruction of individual pelves with dissection and separation of pelvic organs alloted to individual twins were the procedures performed in the definitive operation. The musculoskeletal results have been excellent in the present case.