[Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in situs inversus: the disadvantage of being right-handed.]. / Colecistectomía laparoscópica en situs inversus: la desventaja de ser diestro.

OBJECTIVE: To expose our institutional experience on biliary tract surgery in patients with situs inversus. BACKGROUND: Situs inversus is a rare condition of genetic origin, which leads mandatory the modification of surgical technique in laparoscopic cholecystectomy. METHODS: Report of two cases of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in patients with situs in versus. CONCLUSIONS: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy would seem to be the first-line surgical procedure for the treatment of patients with symptomatic gall bladder stones and situs inversus; albeit it imposes special technical demands, it provides the same outcomes of the patients with normal anatomy.