Ocampo, Omar., M.D.

Surgery on the Transposed Side: 2 Case Reports on Situs Inversus Totalis



Two case reports on the difficult surgical diagnosis and management of acute abdomen on patients with situs inversus totalis will be presented. The first patient is a 24 year old female presenting with left lower quadrant abdominal pain. Appendiceal rupture occured due to delay in diagnosis. And the second patient is a 32 year old female diagnosed to have calculous cholecystectomy, the first reported case in the Philippines.

RES SUR 2005 0002