JAIPUR: A patient’s unusual anatomy forced doctors in the city to reverse the setting of the entire operation theatre, even as a right-handed surgeon had to perform surgery with his left hand .
Normally, for this type of surgery, the doctor stands on the operating table on the patient’s left side so that the operation can be performed with the dominant right hand. They place the cameraman on the left and the monitor on the right.
But this surgery was done in reverse of all the settings as the doctor needed to perform the surgery with his left hand, which is not the dominant hand, standing on the right hand of the patient. The cameraman stood on the right and the monitor was placed on the left. All other settings were also reversed as needed. Even the incisions and ports that the surgeon has to make during laparoscopy on the patient’s abdomen, which are usually done on the right, were made on the left side.
This was an unusual surgery for surgeons because they needed to reverse the setting of the operation, as all the vital parts of the 45-year-old patient’s body were located in a mirror image from their normal position. MRI of the abdomen and chest showed that the patient’s heart and abdomen were on the right side and the liver and gall bladder were on the left, which is unusual in general, people have the heart and stomach on the left hand side of the body and the liver on the right hand side. and gallbladder.
“Such cases have been reported very rarely, and this may be the first such case” Rajasthan Rajasthan, This is a very rare condition (occurring in 0.01% of the population) in which the position of the patient’s internal organs is reversed (for example, the liver, gallbladder and appendix on the left, and the heart and abdomen on the right). We had to go ahead with the operation as the patient had gallstones (cholelithiasis), which resulted in inflammation of the pancreas (pancreatitis),” said Dr Lokesh Goel, consultant, GI. laparoscopic and Onco Surgeon, A.T. fortis Hospital.
“Ideally the treatment for this is removal of the gallbladder with laparoscopic surgery. But here, since the patient had reversed position of the vital organs, it was challenging because everything had to be done in the opposite direction that it would normally have.” How is it done and the surgery is completed,” said. Dr. Goyal,
The rare anomaly that the patient may have is known as situs. inverse total, According to doctors, people with this anomaly lead their life normally as the entire position of the organs is reversed, apart from the organs that are double like kidneys and lungs.
Normally, for this type of surgery, the doctor stands on the operating table on the patient’s left side so that the operation can be performed with the dominant right hand. They place the cameraman on the left and the monitor on the right.
But this surgery was done in reverse of all the settings as the doctor needed to perform the surgery with his left hand, which is not the dominant hand, standing on the right hand of the patient. The cameraman stood on the right and the monitor was placed on the left. All other settings were also reversed as needed. Even the incisions and ports that the surgeon has to make during laparoscopy on the patient’s abdomen, which are usually done on the right, were made on the left side.
This was an unusual surgery for surgeons because they needed to reverse the setting of the operation, as all the vital parts of the 45-year-old patient’s body were located in a mirror image from their normal position. MRI of the abdomen and chest showed that the patient’s heart and abdomen were on the right side and the liver and gall bladder were on the left, which is unusual in general, people have the heart and stomach on the left hand side of the body and the liver on the right hand side. and gallbladder.
“Such cases have been reported very rarely, and this may be the first such case” Rajasthan Rajasthan, This is a very rare condition (occurring in 0.01% of the population) in which the position of the patient’s internal organs is reversed (for example, the liver, gallbladder and appendix on the left, and the heart and abdomen on the right). We had to go ahead with the operation as the patient had gallstones (cholelithiasis), which resulted in inflammation of the pancreas (pancreatitis),” said Dr Lokesh Goel, consultant, GI. laparoscopic and Onco Surgeon, A.T. fortis Hospital.
“Ideally the treatment for this is removal of the gallbladder with laparoscopic surgery. But here, since the patient had reversed position of the vital organs, it was challenging because everything had to be done in the opposite direction that it would normally have.” How is it done and the surgery is completed,” said. Dr. Goyal,
The rare anomaly that the patient may have is known as situs. inverse total, According to doctors, people with this anomaly lead their life normally as the entire position of the organs is reversed, apart from the organs that are double like kidneys and lungs.