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Laparoscopic management of acute appendicitis in situs inversus
Situs inversus is often detected incidentally in adults during imaging for a acute surgical emergency. We present a case of acute appendicitis in an adult who was previously unaware about his situs anomaly. A laparoscopic approach is helpful to deal with this condition. A 40 year old man was admitte...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3016484/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21234150 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-9941.28184 |
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description | Situs inversus is often detected incidentally in adults during imaging for a acute surgical emergency. We present a case of acute appendicitis in an adult who was previously unaware about his situs anomaly. A laparoscopic approach is helpful to deal with this condition. A 40 year old man was admitted with history of acute left lower abdominal pain, with uncontrolled diabetic keto-acidosis. Clinically, he was diagnosed as acute diverticulitis with localized peritonitis. Subsequent imaging studies and laparoscopy confirmed the diagnosis of situs inversus and acute left- sided appendicitis. He successfully underwent laparoscopic appendectomy. His postoperative recovery was uneventful. Although technically more challenging because of the reverse laparoscopic view of the anatomy, the laparoscopic diagnosis and management of acute appendicitis is indicated in situs inversus. |
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spelling | pubmed-30164842011-01-13 Laparoscopic management of acute appendicitis in situs inversus Golash, Vishwanath J Minim Access Surg Unusual Case Situs inversus is often detected incidentally in adults during imaging for a acute surgical emergency. We present a case of acute appendicitis in an adult who was previously unaware about his situs anomaly. A laparoscopic approach is helpful to deal with this condition. A 40 year old man was admitted with history of acute left lower abdominal pain, with uncontrolled diabetic keto-acidosis. Clinically, he was diagnosed as acute diverticulitis with localized peritonitis. Subsequent imaging studies and laparoscopy confirmed the diagnosis of situs inversus and acute left- sided appendicitis. He successfully underwent laparoscopic appendectomy. His postoperative recovery was uneventful. Although technically more challenging because of the reverse laparoscopic view of the anatomy, the laparoscopic diagnosis and management of acute appendicitis is indicated in situs inversus. Medknow Publications 2006-12 /pmc/articles/PMC3016484/ /pubmed/21234150 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-9941.28184 Text en © Journal of Minimal Access Surgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Unusual Case Golash, Vishwanath Laparoscopic management of acute appendicitis in situs inversus |
title | Laparoscopic management of acute appendicitis in situs inversus |
title_full | Laparoscopic management of acute appendicitis in situs inversus |
title_fullStr | Laparoscopic management of acute appendicitis in situs inversus |
title_full_unstemmed | Laparoscopic management of acute appendicitis in situs inversus |
title_short | Laparoscopic management of acute appendicitis in situs inversus |
title_sort | laparoscopic management of acute appendicitis in situs inversus |
topic | Unusual Case |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3016484/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21234150 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-9941.28184 |
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