title: Gastric bypass for morbid obesity in a patient with situs inversus totalis.
abstract: The aim of this case report is to outline the challenge and the feasibility of laparoscopic gastric bypass in a patient with situs inversus totalis. Situs inversus totalis does not seem to be a contraindication for laparoscopic surgery.
authors.affiliation: Erasmus Hospital, Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tsepelidis
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Loi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Katsanos
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Closset
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D015390:Gastric Bypass; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D012857:Situs Inversus / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery