Laparoscopic duodenoduodenostomy in a newborn with situs inversus totalis
Zakaria Habib1, Muhammad Awan, Mila Kolar
1Section of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. zakariahabib@hotmail.com
Abstract:
Situs viscerum inversus is a rare embryologic anomaly with a mirror-image transposition of the normal anatomy of organs. The coexistence with the duodenal atresia is extremely rare. This report describes a newborn with duodenal atresia and situs inversus totalis who was managed laparoscopically. According to our knowledge, this is the first report of this type of associated anomaly to be successfully managed by the laparoscopic approach.

