An appendectomy is not always the best course for an inflamed appendix. a burst one, for sure, but if it’s caught in the right stages, antibiotic treatment can be as effective and much less costly both financially and physically. The appendix is not vestigial or useless contrary to popular opinion.
He was rushed into the operating theatre for an emergency appendectomy as his appendix had just exploded in his abdominal cavity.
Appendix. An appendectomy is the operation to remove the appendix.
As long as the scar is healed then there is no reason why you can't swim after an appendectomy
The same as before an appendectomy. aA balanced one.
Yes, appendectomy is excision (surgical removal) of the appendix.
open appendectomy
Append- is the root in the term appendectomy. The suffix -ectomy indicates surgical removal.
"Status post appendectomy remote" means the patient had her appendix surgically removed, but not recently.
"Status post appendectomy remote" means the patient had her appendix surgically removed, but not recently.
Appendectomy
no
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.