Multidisciplinary Surgical Approach to a Surviving Infant With Sirenomelia

Description: Sirenomelia is an extremely complex and rare malformation with different degrees of lower-extremities fusion associated with gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, vascular, cardiopulmonary, and central nervous system malformations. In the English literature, there are only 5 reports of infants surviving with this condition. In our case, a 2540-g female infant was born with normal vital signs, no facial dysmorphism, and a complete soft tissue fusion of the lower limbs, from perineum to ankles.
Multidisciplinary Surgical Approach to a Surviving Infant With Sirenomelia Antonio Messineo, MD, Marco Innocenti, MD, Riccardo Gelli, MD, Simone Pancani, MD, Roberto Lo Piccolo, MD, Alessandra Martin, MD PEDIATRICS Vol. 118 No. 1 July 2006, pp. e220-e223 Free full text