title: Single-incision cholecystectomy in a patient with situs inversus totalis presenting with cholelithiasis: A case report.
abstract: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy has become the gold standard for the treatment of cholelithiasis, and many reports of single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy have been published in the past few years. Situs inversus totalis is a very rare condition, but the variant anatomy should not preclude a minimally invasive approach to surgery. We report a case of successful single-port laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a patient with situs inversus totalis, describe the technical advantages, and review the literature.
authors: Digestive Disease Center, Showa University Koto-Toyosu Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors: Yoshio
authors: Y
authors: Deguchi
authors: Digestive Disease Center, Showa University Koto-Toyosu Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors: Keitaro
authors: K
authors: Mitamura
authors: Digestive Disease Center, Showa University Koto-Toyosu Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors: Shunsuke
authors: S
authors: Omotaka
authors: Digestive Disease Center, Showa University Koto-Toyosu Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors: Jun-ichi
authors: J
authors: Eguchi
authors: Digestive Disease Center, Showa University Koto-Toyosu Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors: Dai
authors: D
authors: Sakuma
authors: Digestive Disease Center, Showa University Koto-Toyosu Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors: Masashi
authors: M
authors: Sato
authors: Digestive Disease Center, Showa University Koto-Toyosu Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors: Norihiro
authors: N
authors: Nomura
authors: Digestive Disease Center, Showa University Koto-Toyosu Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors: Takayoshi
authors: T
authors: Ito
authors: Digestive Disease Center, Showa University Koto-Toyosu Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors: Kevin Lawrence
authors: KL
authors: Grimes
authors: Digestive Disease Center, Showa University Koto-Toyosu Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors: Haruhiro
authors: H
authors: Inoue
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012857:Situs Inversus / Q000150:complications*
keywords: Cholelithiasis; single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy; situs inversus totalis