HTI Trip News - General Surgery

General Surgery, Clinica Ezell, Montellango, Guatemala - Dateline 1/25/2007

Hernia repairs, in good numbers, are the order order of the day, however there are always "great" size differences and presentations, i.e. umbilical, incisional and inquinal herniae.. There are a very large number of femoral herniae in the women of Guatemala. Here he women are very much a part of the workforce, lifting heavy loads and farming ith individual implements.
For a long time, gallbladder disease has been present, but, not readily diagnosed without technology. Ultrasound has arrived and dependable electrical supply; now laparoscopic cholecystectomy is being performed ina limited setting.

Drs. Dan Minor, George Robertson, Ed Grogan, Eric Grogan, Duncan McCrea and Lee Murphy, MS IV.