Successfully separated conjoined twins at French Medical Institute for Mothers and Children Kabul Afghanistan

Mohammad Tareq Rahimi; Mohammad Akbar Shirzad; Abdulwahab Amanat; Azin Tahvildari; Narges Bazgir; Sayed Hamid Mousavi

doi:10.1016/j.ijscr.2022.106886

Successfully separated conjoined twins at French Medical Institute for Mothers and Children Kabul Afghanistan

Int J Surg Case Rep. 2022 Mar:92:106886. doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2022.106886. Epub 2022 Mar 3.

Authors

Mohammad Tareq Rahimi¹, Mohammad Akbar Shirzad¹, Abdulwahab Amanat¹, Azin Tahvildari², Narges Bazgir², Sayed Hamid Mousavi³

Affiliations

¹ Pediatric Surgery Department, French Medical Institute for Mother and Children (FMIC), Kabul, Afghanistan.
² Student Research Committee, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
³ Medical Research Center, Kateb University, Kabul, Afghanistan; Afghanistan National Charity Organization for Special Diseases (ANCOSD), Afghanistan. Electronic address: dr.mousavi@kateb.edu.af.

Abstract

Conjoined twins are a rare malformation and few cases have been reported in the literature. There are different types of conjoined twins and the most common type is the thoracopagus. Prognosis is related to the type of conjoined twins and the organs they share. We are reporting an Omphalopagus, in which there was sharing of the liver, sternum, and abdominal wall. The complications in this kind of cases are Bleeding, Bile leakage, and infection.

Keywords: Afghanistan; Complication; Conjoined twins; Omphalopagus.