Anywhere from $15,000 to $18,000 (maybe even more) in the U.S. My 20-year old daughter had this procedure while in Nicaragua for a school program and the total cost--surgeon and hospital, including post-operation visits--came to under $1,400, yes, that's $1,400, in a private hospital. The insurance company was the beneficiary of this low cost, not us.
the removal of your appendix will not change your life. because your appendix is just an accesory to your large intestine. long ago the appendix was much more useful than today.
Removal of the appendix is called an appendectomy.
Removal of the appendix will have no effect on whether or not you can have children.
Removal of the appendix
Appendix removal by surgery.
A hair cut!
Appendectomy is the surgical removal of the appendix, a small pouch located at the end of the large intestine in the lower right abdomen. The procedure is commonly performed to treat appendicitis, which is inflammation of the appendix.
Yes, appendectomy is excision (surgical removal) of the appendix.
There is a brain teaser that goes "The removal of an appendix is called an appendectomy. The removal of tonsils is called a tonsillectomy. What do you call the removal of a growth from the head?" The answer is "a haircut."
The appendix is a small, tube-like structure attached to the large intestine. It does not have a specific function in the human body and can become inflamed, leading to appendicitis, which may require surgical removal.
The root word Append means the appendix, the suffix ectomy meaning the surgical removal of, always refers to the body part it precedes. Therefore appendectomy is the surgical removal of the appendix.
The medical term for treatment for inflammation of the appendix is an appendectomy, which is the surgical removal of the appendix. This procedure is typically performed to prevent the appendix from rupturing and causing a potentially life-threatening infection called appendicitis.