[Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in situs inversus: the disadvantage of being right-handed.].

OBJECTIVE

To expose our institutional experience on biliary tract surgery in patients with situs inversus.

BACKGROUND

Situs inversus is a rare condition of genetic origin, which leads mandatory the modification of surgical technique in laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

METHODS

Report of two cases of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in patients with situs in versus.

CONCLUSIONS

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy would seem to be the first-line surgical procedure for the treatment of patients with symptomatic gall bladder stones and situs inversus; albeit it imposes special technical demands, it provides the same outcomes of the patients with normal anatomy.