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Left-sided gallbladder (Sinistroposition) encountered during laparoscopic cholecystectomy: A rare case report and review of the literature

INTRODUCTION: True Left-sided gallbladder (LSG) is a rare anatomical variation with a prevalence of 0.3%. Mainly discovered during the operation, its surgical approach in the laparoscopic setting may be challenging even for an experienced surgeon. PRESENTATION OF CASE: LSG was unexpectedly discovere...

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Autores principales: Zoulamoglou, Menelaos, Flessas, Ioannis, Zarokosta, Maria, Piperos, Theodoros, Papapanagiotou, Ioannis, Birbas, Konstantinos, Konstantinou, Evangelos, Mariolis - Sapsakos, Theodoros
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Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5247567/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28110174
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.01.011
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author Zoulamoglou, Menelaos
Flessas, Ioannis
Zarokosta, Maria
Piperos, Theodoros
Papapanagiotou, Ioannis
Birbas, Konstantinos
Konstantinou, Evangelos
Mariolis - Sapsakos, Theodoros
author_facet Zoulamoglou, Menelaos
Flessas, Ioannis
Zarokosta, Maria
Piperos, Theodoros
Papapanagiotou, Ioannis
Birbas, Konstantinos
Konstantinou, Evangelos
Mariolis - Sapsakos, Theodoros
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description INTRODUCTION: True Left-sided gallbladder (LSG) is a rare anatomical variation with a prevalence of 0.3%. Mainly discovered during the operation, its surgical approach in the laparoscopic setting may be challenging even for an experienced surgeon. PRESENTATION OF CASE: LSG was unexpectedly discovered in a young man during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. There were no pre-operative indications of this sinistroposition. The laparoscopic cholecystectomy was performed with minor surgical modifications and it was uneventful. A meticulous review of recent literature about LSGs was conducted as well. DISCUSSION: LSG is a scarce anatomical aberration that is difficultly identified pre-operatively. Surgeons should be aware of this aberration and of its accompanying anatomical variations in order to perform a safe laparoscopic cholecystectomy. CONCLUSION: Surgeons, by placing the patient to left-side up position, are able to expose the Calot’s triangle and possible accompanying anatomical anomalies and thus perform a safe laparoscopic cholecystectomy without difficult surgical modifications.
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spelling pubmed-52475672017-01-26 Left-sided gallbladder (Sinistroposition) encountered during laparoscopic cholecystectomy: A rare case report and review of the literature Zoulamoglou, Menelaos Flessas, Ioannis Zarokosta, Maria Piperos, Theodoros Papapanagiotou, Ioannis Birbas, Konstantinos Konstantinou, Evangelos Mariolis - Sapsakos, Theodoros Int J Surg Case Rep Case Report INTRODUCTION: True Left-sided gallbladder (LSG) is a rare anatomical variation with a prevalence of 0.3%. Mainly discovered during the operation, its surgical approach in the laparoscopic setting may be challenging even for an experienced surgeon. PRESENTATION OF CASE: LSG was unexpectedly discovered in a young man during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. There were no pre-operative indications of this sinistroposition. The laparoscopic cholecystectomy was performed with minor surgical modifications and it was uneventful. A meticulous review of recent literature about LSGs was conducted as well. DISCUSSION: LSG is a scarce anatomical aberration that is difficultly identified pre-operatively. Surgeons should be aware of this aberration and of its accompanying anatomical variations in order to perform a safe laparoscopic cholecystectomy. CONCLUSION: Surgeons, by placing the patient to left-side up position, are able to expose the Calot’s triangle and possible accompanying anatomical anomalies and thus perform a safe laparoscopic cholecystectomy without difficult surgical modifications. Elsevier 2017-01-07 /pmc/articles/PMC5247567/ /pubmed/28110174 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.01.011 Text en © 2017 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
spellingShingle Case Report
Zoulamoglou, Menelaos
Flessas, Ioannis
Zarokosta, Maria
Piperos, Theodoros
Papapanagiotou, Ioannis
Birbas, Konstantinos
Konstantinou, Evangelos
Mariolis - Sapsakos, Theodoros
Left-sided gallbladder (Sinistroposition) encountered during laparoscopic cholecystectomy: A rare case report and review of the literature
title Left-sided gallbladder (Sinistroposition) encountered during laparoscopic cholecystectomy: A rare case report and review of the literature
title_full Left-sided gallbladder (Sinistroposition) encountered during laparoscopic cholecystectomy: A rare case report and review of the literature
title_fullStr Left-sided gallbladder (Sinistroposition) encountered during laparoscopic cholecystectomy: A rare case report and review of the literature
title_full_unstemmed Left-sided gallbladder (Sinistroposition) encountered during laparoscopic cholecystectomy: A rare case report and review of the literature
title_short Left-sided gallbladder (Sinistroposition) encountered during laparoscopic cholecystectomy: A rare case report and review of the literature
title_sort left-sided gallbladder (sinistroposition) encountered during laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a rare case report and review of the literature
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5247567/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28110174
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.01.011
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