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[Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in situs inversus: the disadvantage of being right-handed.]
L M García-Núñez1, L E Soto-Ortega, L E Payró-Hernández
1Subsección de Cirugía de Hombres/Cirugía del Trauma, Departamento de Cirugía, Hospital Central Militar, Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional,México, Distrito Federal, México. lmgarcian@hotmail.com
Objective:
To expose our institutional experience on biliary tract surgery in patients with situs inversus.
Background:
Situs inversus is a rare condition of genetic origin, which leads mandatory the modification of surgical technique in laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Methods:
Report of two cases of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in patients with situs in versus.
Conclusions:
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.
