
Laparoscopic adrenalectomy in a patient with situs inversus totalis
Author(s) -
Mehmet Uludağ,
Kinyas Kartal,
Nurcihan Aygün
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of minimal access surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.379
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 0972-9941
pISSN - 1998-3921
DOI - 10.4103/0972-9941.181775
Subject(s) - situs inversus , medicine , dextrocardia , surgery , transposition (logic) , abdomen , linguistics , philosophy
Situs inversus totalis(SIT) is a relatively rare condition involving transposition of both the abdominal and thoracic viscera. SIT typically presents as left to right reversal of the viscera combined with dextrocardia, while the individual organs function is normal. Although there are no obvious abnormalities in the function of transposed organs, anatomical irregularity causes important technical difficulties in the surgical treatment of these patients. In this study, we aim to report surgical challenges in laparoscopic adrenalectomy in a patient with SIT.