Title
Tratamiento quirúrgico de coledocolitiasis en situs inversus totalis: reporte de caso y revisión de la literatura
Other title
Surgical treatment of choledocholithiasis in a patient with situs inversus totalis: a case report and literature review
Date Issued
26 July 2017
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Medwave Estudios Limitada
Abstract
Situs inversus totalis (SIT) is a rare condition, in which there is transposition of the thoraco-abdominal organs. This situation leads to diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties in patients with acute surgical abdomen. The objective of this report is to present the case of a patient who presented with colonic pain in the epigastrium and left hypochondrium, in which the diagnosis of SIT, cholelithiasis and choledocholithiasis was reached after the respective imaging studies. Once the diagnosis was made, treatment was performed through retrograde endoscopic cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and subsequent surgical exploration of bile ducts. Both procedures were failed due to technical difficulties generated by the patient's condition. In conclusion, in spite of the report of successful cases in the literature of ERCP and surgical treatment of the biliary tract in SIT, there may be situations that do not allow a successful approach, so meticulous surgical planning and the use of support methods are necessary In the management of these patients.
Start page
e7002
Volume
17
Issue
6
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Gastroenterología, Hepatología
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85042707099
PubMed ID
Source
Medwave
ISSN of the container
07176384
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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