title: Laparoscopic gastric bypass for morbid obesity in a patient with situs inversus.
abstract: The purpose of this article is to discuss the operative challenges posed by the advanced laparoscopic approach to a patient with situs inversus. The patient is a morbidly obese woman who has multiple co-morbidities related to her weight and who presented for bariatric surgery. A laparoscopic gastric by-pass was successfully performed. Situs inversus totalis is not a contraindication for laparoscopic surgery.
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Wittgrove
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Clark
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D015390:Gastric Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000601:surgery*; D012857:Situs Inversus / Q000150:complications*