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Case Reports
. 2003 Feb;17(2):352-3.
doi: 10.1007/s00464-002-4504-y. Epub 2002 Oct 31.

Laparoscope-assisted distal gastrectomy for early gastric cancer in a 76-year-old man with situs inversus totalis

S Yamaguchi  1 , H Orita, T Yamaoka, S Mii, H Sakata, M Hashizume
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Laparoscope-assisted distal gastrectomy for early gastric cancer in a 76-year-old man with situs inversus totalis

S Yamaguchi et al. Surg Endosc. 2003 Feb.

Abstract

We report a case of a 76-year-old man with situs inversus totalis (SIT) who developed early gastric cancer. He was successfully treated by laparoscope-assisted distal gastrectomy for the gastric cancer. This case suggests that patients with SIT with malignancy could also undergo laparoscopic surgery. To the best of our knowledge, no case of laparoscopic surgery for malignant neoplasms associated with SIT has been reported in the English literature. We therefore believe this is the first case report.

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