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Single-incision multiport laparoscopic cholecystectomy for a patient with situs inversus totalis: Report of a case

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Laparoscopic cholecystectomy has become the standard treatment for symptomatic cholelithiasis in patients with situs inversus totalis (SIT). Nowadays, singleincision multiport laparoscopic surgery is safe and feasible for treating benign gallbladder disease. We report a case of successful single-incision multiport laparoscopic cholecystectomy for a patient with SIT, and describe its technical advantages.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Korea University College of Medicine Guro Hospital, 80 Guro-dong, Guro-gu, Seoul, 152-703, Republic of Korea

    Hyung Joon Han, Sae Byeol Choi, Wan Bae Kim & Sang Yong Choi

  2. Department of Surgery, Korea University College of Medicine Anam Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea

    Chung Yun Kim

  3. Department of Surgery, Korea University College of Medicine Ansan Hospital, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea

    Tae Jin Song

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Han, H.J., Choi, S.B., Kim, C.Y. et al. Single-incision multiport laparoscopic cholecystectomy for a patient with situs inversus totalis: Report of a case. Surg Today 41, 877–880 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00595-010-4387-9

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