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. 2012 Apr 3:6:96.
doi: 10.1186/1752-1947-6-96.

Single-port cholecystectomy in a patient with situs inversus totalis presenting with cholelithiasis: a case report

Marcus Vinicius Dantas de Campos Martins  1 , José Luis Pantaleão Falcão, James Skinovsky, Guilherme Moraes Silva Simões de Faria
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Single-port cholecystectomy in a patient with situs inversus totalis presenting with cholelithiasis: a case report

Marcus Vinicius Dantas de Campos Martins et al. J Med Case Rep. .

Abstract

Introduction: Situs inversus totalis (mirror image organs) is a rare condition and may affect the intra-abdominal viscera as well as the intrathoracic organs. Cholelithiasis is not more common in these conditions, but the diagnosis may be more difficult.

Case presentation: We present the case of a 59-year-old African woman with gallstones and situs inversus totalis. A single-port cholecystectomy was performed using a single trocar access device (SITRACC).

Conclusions: The procedure was uneventful, showing that this approach may be an option for this kind of surgery even in patients with situs inversus totalis.

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Figure 1
The single trocar access device (SITRACC).
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Figure 2
Gallbladder retraction.
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Figure 3
Single-port incision closed.
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