Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a patient with situs inversus totalis after videolaparoscopic sleeve-Case report

Introduction: Situs inversus totalis is the technical term used when there is a complete transposition of all organs to the opposite side referring to classical embryogenic orientation. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is one of the most performed surgeries in the world.

Presentation of case: We report the case of a 61-year-old female patient who had previously undergone videolaparoscopic gastroplasty 7 months ago, who developed refractary biliary colic and underwent videolaparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Discussion: The surgical technique is challenging in these cases, specially because of the mirror findings in relation to the original technique. An additional challenge in this case was the fact that the patient had a previous laparoscopy due to gastroplasty performed. The presence of adhesions related to the surgery hardly interfered with the Calot triangle dissection, but the way they presented themselves required the attention of the entire surgical team.

Conclusion: Although uncommon, laparoscopic cholecystectomy can be performed in a situs inversus patient with ease, even in the presence of a previous surgical approach.

Keywords: Cholecystectomy; Cholelithiasis; Obesity; Situs inversus; Videolaparoscopy.