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Laparoscopic appendectomy in an adult patient with situs inversus totalis.

Van Trung HoangThe Huan HoangHoai T VoVichit Chansomphou
Published in: Journal of surgical case reports (2023)
Left-sided appendicitis is usually caused by situs inversus totalis or midgut malrotation. Clinical and imaging diagnoses have been presented relatively fully in the literature. However, this is a rare condition, and each related case should be further reported to help the day-to-day clinician better investigate and understand. Therefore, in this paper, we present a case of left-sided acute appendicitis in an adult male patient with situs inversus totalis. In addition, we also discuss the laparoscopic technique of the left-sided appendectomy as it is technically more difficult because of the mirror nature of the anatomy.
Keyphrases
  • case report
  • robot assisted
  • systematic review
  • minimally invasive
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