Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões ()

Derivação gastrojejunal com anel de contenção no tratamento de obesidade mórbida em paciente com situs inversus totalis

  • Cássio Jerônimo Machado de Barros,
  • Abrão Rapoport,
  • Josias de Andrade Sobrinho,
  • Rogério Aparecido Dedivitis,
  • Eduardo Halfen Grill

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0100-69912010000200014
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 37, no. 2
pp. 157 – 158

Abstract

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The gastric bypass is a good option in the therapy of morbid obesity. Nevertheless, it must be considered the rare condition as occurred in a patient with previous abdominal surgery with Situs Inversus Totalis. A 24 year-old male patient with body mass index of 40 Kg/ m², multiple dietary failures, and arterial hypertension as co-morbidities, with a anterior paramedial right incision due to a previous appendicectomy (8 years ago).With a indication for bariatric surgery, was performed Roux-en-Y gastric bypass by laparoscopic procedure, with previous planning of Situs Inversus Totalis.

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