Case report: Laparoscopic-assisted distal gastrectomy for gastric cancer in a patient with situs inversus totalis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Situs inversus totalis (SIT) is a rare congenital disease with a series of clinical features characterized by a mirror image distribution of the viscera to the normal anatomy.

Case presentation

This study aims to report a 63-year-old male SIT patient with gastric cancer with a preoperative diagnosis of stage IIB gastric cancer (cT3N0M0), who underwent a preoperative multi-disciplinary treatment (MDT) discussion and an abdominal enhancement CT for visceral evaluation to ensure a successful operation. A laparoscopic-assisted distal gastrectomy including D2 lymph node dissection and Billroth I reconstruction was successfully performed. Laparoscopic radical gastric gastrectomy and D2 lymph node dissection were performed through the opposite surgical station to the con

SUBMITTER: Zhu K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10070824 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature