Thoracopagus

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Thoracopagus

a developmental anomaly in which a double fetus is joined in the sternal region.

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No references found			Hamed Hindi al-Juburi, separated the thoracopagus twins, one of them died during birth. Surgical team separates conjoined twins in Tikrit by Aswat al-Iraq (Erbil, Iraq) The more common types of conjoined twins include the thoracopagus type where the fusion is anterior, at the chest, and involves the heart (35%); the omphalopagus type where the fusion is at the mid-trunk (30%); the pygopagus type where there is a posterior union involving the rump (19%); the parapagus type, with a lateral fusion of the lower half of the body extending upwards (5%); and combination types. Conjoined twins with a horseshoe kidney by Modi, M.; Kramer, L. / South African Journal of Radiology Chang and Eng Bunker were thoracopagus twins born in Siam in 1811. The legacy of Ladan and Laleh by Thompson, Richard E. / Physician Executive			Thomson, Sir George Paget Thomson, Sir J J Thomson, Sir John Arthur Thomson, Sir Joseph John Thomson, Tom Thomson, Virgil Thomson, William Thomson-Berthelot principle thomsonite Thon Buri Thonburi Thondraki Thonet, Michael thong Thonga thonzylamine hydrochloride Thor Thor Heyerdahl Thor Lange Thor rocket Thoracic Cavity thoracic duct thoracic vertebrae Thoracica thoracoabdominal breathing Thoracopagus Thoracostomopsidae Thoracotomy Thoraeus filter Thoralf Albert Skolem Thorax Thorbecke, Jan Rudolf Thorbecke, Johan Rudolf Thoreau Thoreau, Henry David thoreaulite Thorez, Maurice Thorez-Vermeersch, Jeannette Thorfinn Karlsefni thoria thorianite thoriated emitter thoriated tungsten filament Thorictidae Thorite Thorium thorium anhydride thorium carbide thorium chloride thorium dioxide thorium fluoride			thoracoepigastric vein thoracoepigastric vein Thoracoepigastric veins Thoracoepigastric veins Thoracoepigastric veins thoracogastroschisis Thoracolaryngopelvic Dysplasia thoracolumbar thoracolumbar thoracolumbar disk thoracolumbar disk thoracolumbar fascia thoracolumbar fascia thoracolumbar fascia Thoracolumbar Junction Thoracolumbar Junction Thoracolumbar Orthosis thoracolumbar outflow thoracolumbar outflow thoracolumbar spinal cord lesion thoracolumbar spinal cord lesion thoracolumbar syndrome thoracolumbar syndrome Thoracolumbosacral orthosis Thoracolumbosacral orthosis thoracolysis thoracomelus thoracometer thoracometer thoracomyodynia Thoracopagus thoracopathy thoracoplasties thoracoplasties thoracoplasty thoracoplasty thoracoplasty thoracoplasty thoracoschisis thoracoscope thoracoscope Thoracoscopic Closure of Patent Ductus Arteriosus Thoracoscopic Lung Volume Reduction Surgery Thoracoscopically Aided Pleural Debridement thoracoscopy thoracostenosis Thoracostomopsidae thoracostomy thoracostomy tube thoracostomy tube thoracostomy tube Thoracostraca thoracotomies thoracotomies thoracotomies thoracotomy thoracotomy thoracotomy Thoractic duct Thoractic duct Thoractic duct

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