Concomitant laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy and laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a morbidly obese patient with situs inversus totalis

Abstract

Situs inversus totalis (SIT) is a rare congenital condition in which the major visceral organs within the thorax and abdomen are reversed from their normal positions. Its incidence is 1 in 10 000–50 000 of the popu-lation It presents difficulties in laparoscopic surgery, because of the mirror-image anatomy. Laparoscopic surgical treatments of some condi-tions in patients with situs inversus totalis such as acute appendicitis, cholelithiasis, and morbid obesity have been previously Herein we report a case of situs inversus totalis treated with concomitant laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) and laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC).