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Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a patient with situs inversus viscerum: a case report
J W Drover1, K T Nguyen, R F Pace
1Department of Surgery, Queens University, Kingston General Hospital, Ont.
Canadian Journal of Surgery. Journal Canadien De Chirurgie
|February 1, 1992
Abstract:
A patient with known situs inversus viscerum of the abdomen and congenital heart disease presented with symptomatic cholelithiasis in a left-sided gallbladder. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy was carried out successfully, despite the reversed anatomic relationships, and the patient made a smooth recovery. This is the first case report of a successful laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a patient with a left-sided gallbladder.