Open Cholecystectomy
Romblon Provincial Hospital
Liborio “June” Soledad, MD
World Surgical Foundation
Enrico Jayma, MD
World Surgical Foundation
Ted Carpio, MD
World Surgical Foundation
The patient in this case is a 53-year-old male with a 1-year history of recurrent right upper quadrant pain that radiates to the back. On workup, ultrasound revealed intraluminal gallstones. Here, Dr. Soledad, Dr. Jayma, and Dr. Carpio perform an open cholecystectomy on this patient while on a surgical mission to the Philippines with the World Surgical Foundation.