Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in a patient with situs inversus totalis: Case report, technical tips and review of the literature.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB) has proven over the years to be one of the most effective bariatric procedures. It is highly technical, and therefore is mostly performed by bariatric and metabolic surgeons. Although Situs Inversus Totalis (SIT) is a very rare congenital condition, surgeons do occasionally have to operate intra-abdominally on those patients, consequently facing some challenges related to the unusual anatomy.

Case presentation

We describe a rare case of LRYGB for chronic morbid obesity on a 43 year old patient with pre-operative diagnosis of situs inversus totalis without Kartagener's syndrome, using slight modification from the usual technique based on anatomical correlation without the need to change the surgeon's position or switc

SUBMITTER: Atwez A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6000729 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature