Fırat Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Tıp Dergisi |
2014, Cilt 28, Sayı 3, Sayfa(lar) 145-147 |
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Laparoscopic Appendectomy in a Patient with Situs Inversus Totalis: Case Report |
Ayşe ARDUÇOĞLU MERTER, Tuna BİLECİK, Burhan MAYIR, Uğur DOĞAN, Ümit KOÇ, Tahir ORUÇ |
Antalya Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi Genel Cerrahi Kliniği, Antalya, TÜRKİYE |
Keywords: Laparoscopic appendectomy, situs inversus totalis, acute appendicitis |
Laparoscopic appendectomy is a standart procedure for acute appendicitis. Situs inversus is a
rare condition in which visceral organs are reversedor mirrored from their normal position. A 19
year-old female patient presented with an acute abdomenal pain and nausea that started one day
ago. In x-ray film and ultrasonography, situs inversus totalis and acute appendicitis were
detected. aparoscopic appendectomy was completed with success. No intraoperative or
postoperative complications occured. Acute appendicitis can be diagnosed accurately by use of
medical scans in acute abdominal cases which are not first identified as situs inversus totalis.
Medical scans should certainly be used on patients who are having left lower quadrant pain and
whose acute abdomen diagnosis can not be clearly defined. Laparoscopic surgery is a safe and
easy method be applied by experienced surgeons to situs inversus cases.
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