Preoperative preparation and surgical separation of conjoined pygopagus twins

Abstract

Conjoined twins are very rare with an estimated incidence of about 1 in 200 000 births with a male-female ratio of 1:3.1 The separation of conjoined twins presents a challenge to surgeons and also a test for comprehensive efficiency of a hospital. Recently, a rare pair of pygopagus twins were admitted to our hospital and a successful surgical separation was carried out.