Open AccessManagement of CBD Stone in Situs lnversus Total is: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Sadia Khan,
Abu Ahmed Ashraf Ali,
Abdus Salam,
Syeda Samina Hossain,
Sharupa Chowdhury,
Ankur Sarkar
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of surgical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2408-8668
pISSN - 1728-2152
DOI - 10.3329/jss.v21i1.43865
Subject(s) - situs inversus , medicine , laparoscopic cholecystectomy , gold standard (test) , general surgery , surgery , radiology
Situs inversustotalis is a rare congenital condition present in approximately 0.01% of thepopulation in which the major visceral organs are reversed from their normal position and canpose difficulties in the diagnosis and management of abdominal pathology. Symptomaticcholelithiasis is very common and laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the gold standard treatmentat present. Laparoscopic surgery in a situation of situs inversus is challenging due tothe mirror-image anatomy. Diagnostic pitfalls and technical details of the laparoscopic cholecystectomyare discussed.
Journal of Surgical Sciences (2017) Vol. 21 (1) :48-50