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Ilaria Pannacci1, Camilla de Laurentis2, Paola Cristaldi3
1operating room and intensive care unit, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy.
Abstract:
Craniopagus is a rare condition in which the skulls of conjoined twins, and the neurovascular structures in their skulls, are incompletely separated. Separation surgery is complex and requires a range of skills and expertise, including from all the nursing teams involved. A multidisciplinary group of professionals in a tertiary paediatric care setting in Italy developed a comprehensive protocol for the nursing care of craniopagus twins in hospital, informed by the findings of a literature review and the expertise of its members. The protocol was applied to the management of a pair of craniopagus twins who successfully underwent separation surgery at the authors' hospital. The protocol describes the crucial role of nurses in the care of craniopagus twins and their families before, during and after separation surgery.
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