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30.05.2017 | Video Submission
How Do I Do a Laparoscopic One-Anastomosis Gastric Bypass in a Patient with Situs Inversus Totalis
verfasst von:
Radwan Kassir, Farouk Mourthadhoi, Olivier Tiffet, Patrice Lointier
Erschienen in:
Obesity Surgery
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Ausgabe 8/2017
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Excerpt
The implementation of laparoscopic techniques has led to a spectacular increase in the number of bariatric procedures made. Bariatric surgery is known to be technically demanding, especially in patients at high risk for complications. Anatomical abnormalities can pose a further technical challenge. Situs inversus or intestinal malrotations [
1], which are not diagnosed preoperatively, can surprise the surgeon. The incidence of these abnormalities is reported to be in the range of 1/10,000 to 1/20,000 births, or even 1/8000 for some authors [
2]. The bariatric literature contains only a few published cases. We found only 15 articles, four involving gastric banding in patients with situs inversus, six on gastric sleeve surgery and five involving a Roux-en-Y bypass. …