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Laparoscopic colon resection in patients with situs inversus totalis: Is it the same operation as in patients without situs inversus totalis?

Authors :
Bulent Gurbuz
Onder Karabay
Dursun Bugra
Emre Balik
Serkan Zenger
Balık, Emre (ORCID 0000-0001-5751-1133 & YÖK ID 18758)
Buğra, Dursun
Karabay, Önder
Gürbüz, Bülent
Zenger, Serkan
School of Medicine
Department of General Surgery
İstinye Üniversitesi, Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi, Hemşirelik Bölümü
Karabay, Onder
Source :
Journal of Minimal Access Surgery, Journal of Minimal Access Surgery, Vol 15, Iss 1, Pp 68-70 (2019)
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd, 2019.

Abstract

Situs inversus totalis (SIT) is a rare condition. In this case, a patient who underwent laparoscopic anterior resection for repeated sigmoid colon diverticulitis with SIT was presented. Laparoscopy surgery in patients with this condition has some important technical differences than standard laparoscopic procedures. Therefore, it may be more appropriate to request surgical experience to perform safe laparoscopic surgery in patients with SIT.<br />NA

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
19983921 and 09729941
Volume :
15
Issue :
1
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of Minimal Access Surgery
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....457a794d0cbacf566b5c568f8b6263ad