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. 2015 Mar 11;15:23. doi: 10.1186/s12893-015-0012-6

Table 1.

Literature review of cases of situs inversus and laparoscopic cholecystectomy 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