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Publication Incidental Intraoperative Diagnosis of Term Conjoined Twins: A Case Series(Nepal Medical Association, 2023) Shah, Ravi Kumar; Jaiswal, Arushi; Mushtaq, Rehana; Ansari, Sana; Shah, Pravin; Shrestha, Ruby; Shakya, Sneha; Yadav, Saroj; Sah, Madhu; Pathak, Saruna; Deep, Jagat PrasadAbstract Conjoined twins (Siamese twins) represent the rarest form of twin pregnancy. Reported here are two rare cases of conjoined term twins presented to the department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology within 3 months. The first case, 32 years of gravida 6 parity 5 referred from periphery after full trial of labour following multi-organ dysfunction and term intrauterine dead twins. Intraoperatively it was dead conjoined thoraco-omphalopagus females. The patient died after 3 days following multiorgan dysfunction syndrome and disseminated intravascular coagulation. The second case, 22 years gravida 2 parity 1 also referred from periphery in second stage of labour with diagnosis of 39 weeks intrauterine dead twins with obstructed labour, delivered by caesarean with intraoperative conjoined dead females of thoracophagus type. Twins are high-risk pregnancy. This rare diagnosis with complications could have been prevented by regular antenatal checkups, ultrasonography performed by radiologists and early referral antenatally in labour along with multidisciplinary approach.Publication Stroke in Pregnancy: A Case Report(Nepal Medical Association, 2023) Shah, Ravi Kumar; Jaiswal, Arushi; Mushtaq, Rehana; Ansari, Sana; Deep, Jagat PrasadAbstract Reported here is a rare near-miss case of stroke in pregnancy presented to the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. A 38 years gravida 8 was referred from a private hospital on 18 November 2022 with hemorrhagic stroke, a known case of chronic hypertension at 37 weeks of gestation with previous cesarean section and acute kidney injury. At a private hospital computed tomography head was done it showed intracerebral haemorrhage. On cesarean, intraoperatively it was a live female with thick meconium. The patient was kept in intensive care with a mechanical ventilator, antihypertensives, antibiotics, and analgesics. Serum creatinine was increasing daily. Suture was cut on the 7th postoperative and two times dialysis was done on the 8th and 9th postoperative days. Stroke in pregnancy is a rare diagnosis and it could have been prevented by regular antenatal visits and early referral antenatally along with a multidisciplinary approach.Publication Stroke in Pregnancy: A Case Report(Nepal Medical Association, 2023) Shah, Ravi Kumar; Jaiswal, Arushi; Mushtaq, Rehana; Ansari, Sana; Deep, Jagat PrasadAbstract Reported here is a rare near-miss case of stroke in pregnancy presented to the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. A 38 years gravida 8 was referred from a private hospital on 18 November 2022 with hemorrhagic stroke, a known case of chronic hypertension at 37 weeks of gestation with previous cesarean section and acute kidney injury. At a private hospital computed tomography head was done it showed intracerebral haemorrhage. On cesarean, intraoperatively it was a live female with thick meconium. The patient was kept in intensive care with a mechanical ventilator, antihypertensives, antibiotics, and analgesics. Serum creatinine was increasing daily. Suture was cut on the 7th postoperative and two times dialysis was done on the 8th and 9th postoperative days. Stroke in pregnancy is a rare diagnosis and it could have been prevented by regular antenatal visits and early referral antenatally along with a multidisciplinary approach.