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Report of a New Case of Interlocking Heads in a Breech-Vertex Twin Delivery: A Conversation with My Residents
- Source :
- Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 11:40-47
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Scientific Research Publishing, Inc., 2021.
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Abstract
- “Locked twins” is a rare event occurring in about 1 in every 1000 twin births. A 21-year-old primigravida with a 31-week twin pregnancy was admitted for delivery. The head of the first twin was locked to the chin of the second twin at the top of the symphysis pubis. Caesarean section was performed allowing the delivery of both dead twins. Twins gestations with first twin in the breech presentation raise index of suspicion of potential locked twin. However, management of such situation is controversial with most authors and colleges recommending caesarean section to avoid interlocking heads. We report another rare case of interlocking heads and bring up the topic about management of breech-first twin deliveries.
- Subjects :
- Locked twins
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
medicine.medical_treatment
media_common.quotation_subject
General surgery
medicine.disease
Vertex (anatomy)
Chin
medicine.anatomical_structure
Breech presentation
medicine
Caesarean section
Conversation
business
reproductive and urinary physiology
Twin Pregnancy
Interlocking
media_common
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 21608806 and 21608792
- Volume :
- 11
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........0600ea506f5716c58f2e4397dbbc8f95
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.4236/ojog.2021.111005