Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy in a Patient With Situs Inversus Totalis and Kartagener Syndrome

Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) is a widely accepted and adopted procedure to achieves weight loss in morbid obesity. Situs inversus (SI) is when the body's visceral organs are not in the normal position with reversal of anatomical orientation. Patients with obesity and SI can be challenging to diagnose and manage. We present a case of a 23-year-old male who has SI totalis with Kartagener syndrome who underwent LSG to treat morbid obesity. Furthermore, we conducted a comprehensive review of the current medical literature. We conclude that LSG can be safely performed in SI. However, it is recommended to leave such cases to more experienced surgeons. In addition, it is advisable to consider few unconventional technical operative methods before surgery. Nevertheless, more data are needed to better study LSG in SI patients, which can be difficult given the rare nature of SI.