@article {12381,
	title = {Left-sided gallbladder (Sinistroposition) encountered during laparoscopic cholecystectomy: A rare case report and review of the literature.},
	journal = {Int J Surg Case Rep},
	volume = {31},
	year = {2017},
	month = {2017},
	pages = {65-67},
	abstract = {INTRODUCTION: True Left-sided gallbladder (LSG) is a rare anatomical variation with a prevalence of 0.3\%. Mainly discovered during the operation, its surgical approach in the laparoscopic setting may be challenging even for an experienced surgeon.

PRESENTATION OF CASE: LSG was unexpectedly discovered in a young man during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. There were no pre-operative indications of this sinistroposition. The laparoscopic cholecystectomy was performed with minor surgical modifications and it was uneventful. A meticulous review of recent literature about LSGs was conducted as well.

DISCUSSION: LSG is a scarce anatomical aberration that is difficultly identified pre-operatively. Surgeons should be aware of this aberration and of its accompanying anatomical variations in order to perform a safe laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

CONCLUSION: Surgeons, by placing the patient to left-side up position, are able to expose the Calot{\textquoteright}s triangle and possible accompanying anatomical anomalies and thus perform a safe laparoscopic cholecystectomy without difficult surgical modifications.},
	issn = {2210-2612},
	doi = {10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.01.011},
	author = {Zoulamoglou, Menelaos and Flessas, Ioannis and Zarokosta, Maria and Piperos, Theodoros and Papapanagiotou, Ioannis and Birbas, Konstantinos and Konstantinou, Evangelos and Mariolis-Sapsakos, Theodoros}
}
