Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in Situs Inversus Totalis: a Case Report

Concomitant laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy and laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a morbidly obese patient with situs inversus totalis

“…Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the gold standard for treating symptomatic cholelithiasis [6]. Five additional LC procedure in patients with situs inversus have been reported since the review of the literature by Salama et al, who reviewed the first 50 cases in the literature [3,[7][8][9][10][11]. The general consensus is that the LC will be longer than in a patient with a normally located gallbladder; the need to redirect the visual-motor skills of the surgeon and the cameraman to the left upper quadrant along with the difficulty in skeletonizing Calot's triangle is responsible for the longest portion of the extra-operative time [12].…”