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What is the surgery that removes the appendix?
Appendectomy
What would the surgeon do in a ruptured appendix?
The appendix will be removed surgically by laproscopic or open surgery.
What is a appendectomy?
Surgery to remove a human appendix.
What is another word for appendectomy?
Appendix removal by surgery.
What are some sentences using the word appendix?
"The appendix can be found in the back of the book," the teacher said to her students.OR:"I needed emergency surgery; my appendix was ready to burst."
Can appendix come back after first surgery?
nope. you cant stitch a appendix back it would hurt too much. Also, you cant grow an appendix.
Has James roday had open-heart surgery?
No he had his appendix removed.
Can you drop the appendix during surgery?
If you have appendicitis, you'll normally need surgery to take out ... You'll have a general anaesthetic to make you sleep during surgery. ... 15 in 100 people get an infection after appendix surgery. With antibiotics, this drops to ... anything important, and you can live quite happily without it
What do they remove in an appendectomy?
The appendix is removed. The appendix is a vestigial organ found in the cecum. If it gets inflamed, it is removed and the surgery is called appendectomy.
Does food pass through the appendix?
Food only passes through your stomach and intestines not the appendix.
Can a ruptured appendix recur?
Possible but not probable. Ruptured appendix is almost fatal if untreated as intestinal contents seep out in to abdominal cavity causing serious infection called peritonitis and a surgery is needed to drain it and at the time of surgery appendix is removed. It is possible that there is a small "microperforation" that seals off by itself and later on the same appendix can get reinfected and rupture.
If your appendix is removed is it taken through your belly button?
There are different types of surgery for appendicitis. Your surgeon may operate through a large cut (incision) in your belly or use a tool called a laparoscope to remove your appendix through a few smaller incisions. Either way, you may take antibiotics before your surgery, after your surgery, or both. There are advantages and disadvantages to each type of surgery. Talk with your surgeon about which type is best for you. Note : If your appendix does burst, you will need antibiotics. Surgery to remove a burst appendix may be more complicated. (see related link on appendicitis)
