Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the presence of abdominal situs inversus: Does surgeon positioning matter?

American Surgeon

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 353-354

  Simmons, Jon D ^a,b   Maxwell, Erica ^a   Vick, Kenneth D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BILIARY COLIC; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SITUS INVERSUS; ABDOMEN; ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ADOLESCENT; BODY POSTURE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; METHODOLOGY;

ABDOMEN; ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ADOLESCENT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTURE; SITUS INVERSUS;

EID: 65549102907     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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