Beyond the Expected: Evaluating Preoperative Predictors of a Difficult Cholecystectomy Aboard the USNS Comfort

• Joseph Aryankalayil, MD,
• Rex Atwood, MD,
• Mark Johnson, MD,
• Jamie Fitch, MD,
• Aldo Ayvar, MD,
• Eileen Natuzzi, MD, MPH,
• Juan Elvin Muñoz, MD,
• Rooney Jagilly, MBBS, MMED,
• Scott Siota, MBBS, MMED,
• Tamara J. Worlton, MD

Affiliations

Joseph Aryankalayil, MD

* From the Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD

Rex Atwood, MD

* From the Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD

Mark Johnson, MD

‡ Department of General Surgery, Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command, Portsmouth, VA

Jamie Fitch, MD

* From the Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD

Aldo Ayvar, MD

‖ Department of surgery, Carrera de Medicina Humana, Universidad Cientifica del Sur, Lima, Peru

Eileen Natuzzi, MD, MPH

# Center for Australian, New Zealand, and Pacific Studies, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, Washington, DC

Juan Elvin Muñoz, MD

** Department of Surgery, Military Teaching Hospital- Dr. Ramón De Lara, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Rooney Jagilly, MBBS, MMED

‡‡ General Surgery Department, National Referral Hospital, Honiara, Solomon Islands.

Scott Siota, MBBS, MMED

‡‡ General Surgery Department, National Referral Hospital, Honiara, Solomon Islands.

Tamara J. Worlton, MD

* From the Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD