DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2018.v06i04.018

Pages: 1477-1480

Conjoined twins are rare congenital group of anomalies with very few reported data from the developing countries. To review incidence and management of conjoined twins/ heteropagus twins and its surgical management at our institute. All the conjoined twin patients who presented to us from January 2015 to March 2017, medical record reviewed including management and follow up in the study. A total of 4 patients were included in the study. Three patients (75%) were of heteropagus / parasitic twins, and two (50%) were successfully operated with uneventful post- operative period while the third was succumbed due to non-salvageable cardiac anomaly. One case (25%) was of symmetrical conjoined twin who expired before surgical intervention.