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Laparoscopic Total Mesorectal Excision in a Rectal Cancer Patient with Situs Inversus Totalis
- Source :
- Journal of Korean Medical Science
- Publication Year :
- 2010
- Publisher :
- The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences, 2010.
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Abstract
- Situs inversus totalis is a rare anomaly in which the abdominal and thoracic cavity structures are opposite their usual positions. A 41-yr-old woman, who had an ulcerating cancer on the rectum, was found as a case of situs inversus totalis. We present an overview of the operative technique for the first documented laparoscopic total mesorectal excision of a rectal cancer in the patient with situs inversus totalis. Careful consideration of the mirror-image anatomy permitted a safe operation using techniques not otherwise different from those used for the general population. Therefore, curative laparoscopic surgery for rectal cancer in this patient is feasible and safe.
- Subjects :
- Laparoscopic surgery
Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
congenital, hereditary, and neonatal diseases and abnormalities
medicine.medical_treatment
Population
Rectum
Case Report
medicine
otorhinolaryngologic diseases
Humans
Laparoscopy
education
education.field_of_study
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Thoracic cavity
Rectal Neoplasms
Cancer
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Situs Inversus
Total mesorectal excision
Surgery
Situs inversus
medicine.anatomical_structure
Female
business
Mesocolon
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15986357 and 10118934
- Volume :
- 25
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Korean Medical Science
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....43c15429ae46a85465201ce772b5c04d