International teleconsultation on conjoined twins leading to a successful separation: a case report

Mario V. Fusaro; Christian Becker; Samir Pandya; Whitney Mcbride; Kaveh Alizadeh; Vicki Iannotti; Paul Zelkovic; Samuel Barst; Michael E. Tobias; Avinash Mohan; Jeffrey Freda; Michael Gewitz; Corey Scurlock

doi:10.1177/1357633X17715377

International teleconsultation on conjoined twins leading to a successful separation: a case report

Mario V. Fusaro, Christian Becker, Samir Pandya, Whitney Mcbride, Kaveh Alizadeh, Vicki Iannotti, Paul Zelkovic, Samuel Barst, Michael E. Tobias, Avinash Mohan, Jeffrey Freda, Michael Gewitz, Corey Scurlock

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Conjoined twins are identical twins that have incompletely separated in utero. The prognosis for conjoined twins is poor and management in a skilled tertiary care centre is paramount for definitive care. We describe our experience with a telemedical consultation on conjoined twins in The Dominican Republic from our eHealth centre in Valhalla, NY. The patients were two month old, female, pygopagus conjoined twins. A multidisciplinary teleconference was initiated with the patients, their family, the referring paediatrician and our team. Based on this teleconsultation, the team felt as though the twins may be amenable to a surgical separation. They presented to our centre in Valhalla, NY, for a detailed physical examination and series of imaging studies. Soon after, the patients underwent a successful 21 h separation procedure and were discharged 12 weeks later. To our knowledge, this is one of the first reports of an international teleconsultation leading to a successful conjoined twin separation procedure.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	482-484
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare
Volume	24
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1357633X17715377
State	Published - Aug 1 2018

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Conjoined twins
international teleconsultation

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Health Informatics

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Fusaro, M. V., Becker, C., Pandya, S., Mcbride, W., Alizadeh, K., Iannotti, V., Zelkovic, P., Barst, S., Tobias, M. E., Mohan, A., Freda, J., Gewitz, M., & Scurlock, C. (2018). International teleconsultation on conjoined twins leading to a successful separation: a case report. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 24(7), 482-484. https://doi.org/10.1177/1357633X17715377

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