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What is the term for conjoined twin separation?

Asked by winblowzxp (498points) September 28th, 2015
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There seems to be a term for every surgical operation performed, but I can’t find one for separating conjoined twins. Is it because there isn’t a name for it?

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Pied_Pfeffer's avatar

I couldn’t locate a name either, other than “separation surgery”.

ZEPHYRA's avatar

Dissection surgery?

winblowzxp's avatar

Not dissection, that’s the term for a procedure similar to an autopsy, only on another species.

Since you brought up dissection, perhaps bisection may be more fitting?

dabbler's avatar

Presidential candidate Ben Carson is famous for being the first to separate occipital craniopagus twins. I haven’t seen a term for that whole procedure, though, besides ‘separation’. It was complicated

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