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Table 1 Literature review of cases of situs inversus and laparoscopic cholecystectomy techniques

From: Simplified technique of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a patient with situs inversus: a case report and review of techniques

Ref.

Country

Number of cases

Diagnosis

Patient position

Number of ports

Dominant hand of the surgeon

Hand using dissection

Comments

Operative time (minutes)

Fernandes [7]

Brazil

1

SGS

Supine

3

Left

Left hand via epigastric port

Grasping infundibulum by right hand via left mid-clavicular port

N/A

Eisenberg [3]

United states

1

SGS

Supine

4

Left

Left hand via epigastric port

Grasping infundibulum by right hand via left mid-clavicular port

85

Hall [9]

United Kingdom

1

SGS

Supine

4

Right

Right hand via left mid-clavicular port

Grasping infundibulum by left hand of the surgeon via epigastric port

65

Patle [4]

India

6

SGS and acute cholecystitis (1 case)

Lithotomy (supine in the first case)

4

Right

Right hand via left mid-clavicular port (left hand via epigastric port in the first case)

Grasping infundibulum by left hand of the surgeon via epigastric port (by right hand via left mid-clavicular port in the first case)

65

Lochman [5]

Czech Republic

1

Acute cholecystitis

Supine

4

Right

Right hand via epigastric port

The assistant grasped both fundus and infundibulum

70

Arya [2]

India

1

SGS

Supine

4

Right

Right hand via epigastric port

The assistant grasped infundibulum

95