title: Hepatic segmentectomy on primary liver cancer with situs inversus totalis.
abstract: We present the first case treated by hepatic segmentectomy in a 69-year-old woman with primary liver cancer and situs inversus totalis. The situs inversus did not cause any technical problems during the operation, which was conducted under guidance of intraoperative ultrasonography.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, National Federation of Health Insurance Osaka Central Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kamiike
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Itakura
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hatanaka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakamuro
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miyata
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Izumi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000601:surgery*; D018281:Cholangiocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D012857:Situs Inversus / Q000150:complications*