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SM Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Management of Conjoined Twins: Challenges And Limitations in A Resource-Limited Context, Experience of Albert Royer Children

[ ISSN : 2573-3419 ]

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Received: 05-Dec-2024

Accepted: 10-Jan-2025

Published: 20-Jan-2025

Ndèye Aby Ndoye¹,²*, Doudou Gueye¹, Aloïse Sagna¹,², Aminah Oumou Rassoul Niane¹, Yacine Fall¹, Florent Tshibwid A Zeng¹, Ibrahima Bocar Welle¹, Mouhamed Lahlou¹, Mamadou Mour Traore²,³, Pape Matar Faye²,⁴, Mame Diarra Ndiaye Gueye²,⁵, Faty Balla Lô¹, Mory Sangare¹, Aïssata Ly Ba²,⁶, Papa Alassane Mbaye¹,², Yaye Dior Dieng²,⁴, Ndeye Fatou Seck¹, Youssouph Diedhiou¹, Bounama Diop¹, Souleymane Camara¹, Oumar Ndour¹,² and Gabriel Ngom¹,²

¹Department of Pediatric Surgery, Albert Royer Children’s Hospital, Senegal
²Faculty of Medicine, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Senegal
³Department of Anesthesia-Resuscitation, Albert Royer Children’s Hospital, Senegal
?Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Albert Royer Children, Senegal
?Department of Gynecology-Obstetrics, Dalal Hospital Djam, Senegal
?Department of Imaging, Hospital Albert Royer Children, Senegal

Corresponding Author:

Ndoye Ndèye Aby, Department of Surgery and Surgical Specialties, Faculty of Medicine, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Department of Surgery, Albert Royer Children’s Hospital, Dakar, Senegal

Abstract

Conjoined twins, commonly called Siamese twins, are a fusion of fetuses by one or more parts of the body. It is a rare congenital malformation with an incidence of 1/50,000 to 1/250,000 births

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Aby Ndoye N, Gueye D, Sagna A, Rassoul Niane AO, Fall Y, et al. (2025) Management of Conjoined Twins: Challenges And Limitations in A Resource-Limited Context, Experience of Albert Royer Children’s Hospital in Dakar about Two Cases. SM J Pediatr Surg 8: 7.