Title of article
The Use of ERCP in Patients with Situs Inversus Totalis Associated with Obstructive Biliary Pathologies
Author/Authors
Akçakaya, Adem Department of General Surgery - Şişli Pediatric Education and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey , Okan, İsmail Department of 1th General Surgery - Vakıf Gureba Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey , Şahin, Mustafa Department of 1th General Surgery - Vakıf Gureba Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey , Karakelleoğlu, Atilla Department of 1th General Surgery - Vakıf Gureba Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey , Baş, Gürhan Department of 1th General Surgery - Vakıf Gureba Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey
Pages
2
From page
227
To page
228
Abstract
Situs inversus totalis (SIT) is a rare entity which has been estimated to occur in the range of 1:10 000 to 1: 20 000 (1). SIT is the mirror image of situs solitus which describes the nor- mal (Figure 1a) position of thoracic and abdominal viscera.
Keywords
Situs Inversus Totalis , Patients , ERCP , Obstructive Biliary Pathologies
Journal title
Balkan Medical Journal
Serial Year
2011
Journal title
Balkan Medical Journal
Record number
2685866
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