Open AccessUsing Materialise's interactive medical image control system to reconstruct a model of a patient with rectal cancer and situs inversus totalis: A case report
Author(s) -
Tao Chen,
Yu-Tao Que,
Yi-Hao Zhang,
Feiyu Long,
Yang Li,
Xin Huang,
Yanan Wang,
Yanfeng Hu,
Jiang Yu,
Guoxin Li
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v8.i4.806
Subject(s) - medicine , perioperative , situs inversus , colorectal cancer , radiology , surgery , colonoscopy , laparoscopic surgery , laparoscopy , cancer
Situs inversus totalis (SIT) is a rare congenital anomaly that refers to a completely reversed location of abdominal and thoracic organs. An extremely small number of patients with this condition, especially those with rectal neoplasms, have been reported. Surgery in these patients is technically challenging. Therefore, we reconstructed a three-dimensional (3D) digital model with the Materialise's interactive medical image control system (Mimics) as a guide for laparoscopic resection.