title: [The gastric bypass banding for morbid obesity in a patient with situs inversus].
abstract: The gastric bypass is a good option in the therapy of morbid obesity. Nevertheless, it must be considered the rare condition as occurred in a patient with previous abdominal surgery with Situs Inversus Totalis. A 24 year-old male patient with body mass index of 40 Kg/ m(2), multiple dietary failures, and arterial hypertension as co-morbidities, with a anterior paramedial right incision due to a previous appendicectomy (8 years ago).With a indication for bariatric surgery, was performed Roux-en-Y gastric bypass by laparoscopic procedure, with previous planning of Situs Inversus Totalis.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Heliópolis, São Paulo, SP, BR.
authors.forename: Cássio Jerônimo Machado
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: de Barros
authors.forename: Abrão
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rapoport
authors.forename: Josias
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: de Andrade Sobrinho
authors.forename: Rogério Aparecido
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Dedivitis
authors.forename: Eduardo Halfen
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Grill
mesh_terms: D015390:Gastric Bypass; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D012857:Situs Inversus / Q000150:complications*; D055815:Young Adult