Advanced necrotizing enterocolitis: an indication for emergency separation of omphalopagus conjoined twins

H Saing; P K Tam; J T Lau; J Wong

doi:10.1111/j.1440-1754.1987.tb02192.x

Advanced necrotizing enterocolitis: an indication for emergency separation of omphalopagus conjoined twins

Aust Paediatr J. 1987 Apr;23(2):129-30. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1987.tb02192.x.

Authors

H Saing, P K Tam, J T Lau, J Wong

PMID: 3619783
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1987.tb02192.x

Abstract

Emergency separation was considered the treatment of choice when one omphalopagus twin developed advanced necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). Twin B who developed advanced NEC died postoperatively but Twin A recovered satisfactorily.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Diseases in Twins*
Emergencies
Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous* / surgery
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Male
Twins, Conjoined* / surgery