• Eur Spine J · May 2015

    Case Reports

    Surgical management of pygopagus conjoined twins with spinal bifida.

    • Rahul Awasthi, Raghvan Iyengar, Shrikant Rege, and Nilesh Jain.
    • Department of Neurosurgery, Sri Aurobindo Medical College and PG Institute, Indore, India.
    • Eur Spine J. 2015 May 1;24 Suppl 4:S560-3.

    PurposeConjoined twins are a rare complication of 9 monozygotic twins and are associated with high perinatal mortality. Pygopagus are one of the rare types of conjoined twins with only a handful of cases reported in the literature. We present the case of one-and-half month-old male pygopagus conjoined twins, who were joined together dorsally in lower lumbar and sacral region and had spina bifida and shared a single thecal sac with combined weight of 6.14 kg. Spinal cord was separated at the level of the conus followed by duraplasty. They had uneventful recovery with normal 15 months follow-up.ConclusionSeparation of conjoined twins is recommended in where this is feasible with the anticipated survival of both or one infant.

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