Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in situs inversus: the disadvantage of being right-handed
García-Núñez, L.M.; Soto-Ortega, L.E.; Payró-Hernández, L.E.; Cabello-Pasini, R.
Revista de Gastroenterologia de Mexico 73(3): 149-152
2008
ISSN/ISBN: 0375-0906 PMID: 19671501 Document Number: 616991
To expose our institutional experience on biliary tract surgery in patients with situs inversus. Situs inversus is a rare condition of genetic origin, which leads mandatory the modification of surgical technique in laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Report of two cases of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in patients with situs in versus. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy would seem to be the first-line surgical procedure for the treatment of patients with symptomatic gall bladder stones and situs inversus; albeit it imposes special technical demands, it provides the same outcomes of the patients with normal anatomy.