Laparoscopic cholecystectomy for a left-sided gallbladder

Table 1 Literature review of previously reported left-sided gallbladders without situs inversus undergoing surgery

Ref.	Location	Reported number of patients	Clinical presentation	Diagnosis made pre-op?	Surgical treatment (cholecystectomy)	Comments
[1]	Hungary	1 in 2536	Right sided abdominal pain	No	Open
[2]	The Netherlands	5 in 1764	Right sided abdominal pain	1 of 5	Laparoscopic	Sinistroposition
[3]	Japan	3 in 1621	cholecystitis, 2 incidental during liver surgery	No	Open	Emphasis on right sided round ligament/reported 105 cases in literature until then
[5]	India	Case report	Right sided abdominal pain	No	Laparoscopic
[6]	India	1 in 1258	Right sided abdominal pain	No	Laparoscopic	Dextrocardia present
[7]	United Kingdom	Case report	Right sided abdominal pain	No	Open
[11]	Japan	Case report	Incidental/liver cancer	Yes	Open	Used drop infusion cholangiography for diagnosis and CT scan
[12]	Greece	Case report	Epigastric pain	No	Laparoscopic
[13]	Ohio, United States	Case report	Right sided abdominal pain	No	Laparoscopic	Duplication of CBD
[14]	Serbia	2 patients	1 asymptomatic/1 right sided abdominal pain	No	Open	Associated with liver cysts
[15]	India	Case report	Right sided abdominal pain	No	Open
[16]	United Kingdom	Case report	Epigastric pain	Yes	Open	Diagnosis by radio-opaque stone on the left side
[17]	Florida, United States	Case report	Right sided abdominal pain	No	Laparoscopic	Intra-op cholangiogram performed
[18]	New York, United States	Case report	Right sided abdominal pain	No	Open	Association with giardia lamblia infection
[19]	Tunis	Case report	Right sided pain	No	Laparoscopic	Normal intra-op cholangiogram
[20]	Japan	Case report	Back pain	No	Laparoscopic	Associated right portal vein anomaly
[21]	St. Louis, United States	Case report	Right sided pain	No	Laparoscopic	CBD injury because of anomalous left sided common hepatic duct
[22]	South Korea	Case report	Right sided pain	No	Laparoscopic	Pre-op percutaneous cholecystostomy with hepatic injury
[23]	Japan	Case report	Right sided pain	Yes	Laparoscopic	Preop diagnosis with DIC CT and lap CBD exploration
[24]	South Korea	3	Omphalocele with herniated liver	Yes	None	Association with omphalocele
[25]	Japan	2	Right sided pain	No	Laparoscopic
[26]	Japan	Case report	Right sided pain	No	Open	Associated with hypoplasia of the left lobe of the liver
[27]	Japan	Case report	Right sided pain	No	Open	Right sided round ligament
[28]	Japan	Case report	Living donor transplant	No	Open	Association with portal vein anomalous branching
[29]	South Africa	Case report	Right sided pain	Yes	Laparoscopic	Diagnosed on CT pre-op
[30]	China	3	Living donor transplant	Suspected	Open	Biliary, arterial, and portal venous anomalies
[31]	Italy	Case report	Right sided pain	No	Laparoscopic
[32]	Japan	3	Living donor transplant	Yes	Open	Portal venous anomaly

CBD: Common bile duct; DIC: Drop infusion cholangiography; MRCP: Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography; CT: Computed tomography.