Table 1.
Summary of previously reported cases of left-sided gallbladder along with relevant operative details.
Study | Year | Country | Number of cases | Type of LSG | Procedure type L/L-O/O/ |
Classical or modified ports for L | Modification done to ports/patient’s position | Bile duct injury |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Idu et al. [8]. | 1996 | UK | 5 | T | 4 L | –– | –– | –– |
1 L-O | ||||||||
Nagai et al. [3]. | 1997 | Japan | 3 | R | 1 O | –– | –– | –– |
2–– | ||||||||
Donthi et al. [11]. | 2001 | USA | 2 | 1 S | L | Modified | Left anterior axillary and left midclavicular ports | none |
1 T | ||||||||
Wong et al. [5]. | 2001 | UK | 1 | T | O | –– | –– | Yes |
Dhulkotia et al. [12]. | 2002 | India | 1 | T | O | –– | –– | none |
Reddy et al. [13]. | 2005 | India | 1 | T | L | Modified | Left subcostal port | none |
Lithotomy position | ||||||||
Chrungoo et al. [14]. | 2007 | India | 2 | –– | L | Classical | –– | none |
Zografos et al. [15]. | 2009 | Greece | 1 | T | 10-mm trocar between umbilicus and xiphoid left midclavicular and left anterior axillary | none | ||
Patient left side up | ||||||||
Qureshi et al. [16]. | 2009 | USA | 1 | T | L | Modified | Left upper quadrant port | none |
Sadhu et al. [17]. | 2012 | India | 1 | T | L | Modified | Left upper quadrant port and right subcostal port | none |
Kawai et al. [18]. | 2012 | Japan | 1 | T | L | classical | –– | none |
Makni et al. [19]. | 2012 | Tunisia | 1 | T | L | classical | –– | none |
Iskandar et al. [9]. | 2013 | USA | 1 | T | L | –– | –– | none |
Nastos et al. [20]. | 2014 | Greece | 2 | –– | L | classical | Subxiphoid trocar introduced to the left of the round ligament, right midclavicular and anterior axillary passed under the round ligament | none |
Velimezis et al. [10]. | 2015 | Germany | 7 | T | 5 L | –– | Regular trocars in three patients | Yes in one patient |
2 L-O | Left subcostal port and left side up position in four patients | |||||||
Our Study | Qatar | 1 | T | L | Classical | –– | none |
T, true LSG; S, situs viscerum inversus; R, gallbladder to the left of abnormally located right-sided gallbladder; L, laparoscopic cholecystectomy; L-O, laparoscopic cholecystectomy converted to open; O, open cholecystectomy; –– data not mentioned or not applicable.