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Orthotopic liver transplantation in situs inversus adult from an ABO-incompatible donor with situs inversus
BACKGROUND Situs inversus is a rare congenital anomaly characterized by the complete inversion of thoracic and abdominal organs. Liver transplantation in such patients or from donors in situs inversus is technically challenging because of the reversed anatomic structures. A small number of successful liver transplantation cases concerning situs inverus in either recipients or donors have been r...
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Situs inversus (SI) is a rare congenital disorder with a complete mirror image of thoracic and abdominal organs. In adults with SI and decompensated cirrhosis experience with liver transplantation is limited. Orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) in an adult with cirrhosis using a technique where the recipient liver was placed using a 90-degree rotation of the graft was previously reported by ...
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Situs inversus totalis (SIT) is a rare congenital anomaly, and liver transplantation (LT) in an adult SIT patient is extremely rare. Liver transplantation in a SIT patient is also technically challenging due to reversed anatomical structures. Here we present the case of an 18-year-old female with SIT in whom left lobe living donor LT was performed. The patient suffered from cirrhosis due to aut...
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Situ inversus totalis (SIT), a defect in the global situs orientation resulting in a complete mirror image of the normal arrangement of internal organs, occurs in one out of 4000–20 000 newborns. Due to its rarity and complexity, SIT presents a unique technical challenge. The main problems for orthotopic liver transplantation in SIT are: (i) having to place the greater right lobe of the graft o...
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Situs inversus totalis (SIT) is a rare disease in which there is transposition of thoracic and abdominal organs. The symptoms of appendicitis in SIT are often confused with other intraperitoneal processes such as diverticulitis. We report the case of a 65-year-old, attended by emergency epigastric pain of 20 hours of the onset after a few hours left iliac fosse migrates associated with hyporexi...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: HPB
سال: 2000
ISSN: 1365-182X
DOI: 10.1016/s1365-182x(17)30721-9