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  2. Appendicitis - Wikipedia

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    Inflamed appendix removal by open surgery Laparoscopic appendectomy. Laparoscopic view of a phlegmonous cecal appendix with fibrinous plaques, located in the right iliac fossa. The surgical procedure for the removal of the appendix is called an appendectomy. Appendectomy can be performed through open or laparoscopic surgery.

  3. Digestive system surgery - Wikipedia

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    Surgery could be required to remedy or treat certain problems or diseases that affect the digestive tract. There are many different types of digestive system operations, some of the more popular ones being: 1. Appendectomy: The surgical removal of the appendix, typically as a result of acute appendicitis, an appendix inflammation. 2.

  4. Retrograde appendicectomy - Wikipedia

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    A retrograde appendicectomy is a form of surgery to remove an appendix that is retrocaecal and adherent [1] or otherwise inaccessible, so that the appendicectomy is performed in a retrograde fashion. [2]

  5. Stomach pain isn't the only symptom of appendicitis -- here ...

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    Appendicitis is one of those conditions that you wouldn't wish on your worst enemy. The pains are so excruciating you feel like you're going to die, and if left untreated and your appendix ...

  6. What to Know About Appendiceal Cancer - AOL

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    Appendiceal cancer begins in the interior lining of the appendix. In the more dangerous cases, quickly replicating cells can cause a build-up of tissue and protective mucus substantial enough to ...

  7. This is what getting your tonsils—or appendix—out does to ...

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    Researchers collected 25 years-worth of information on more than 500,000 women, and compared a history of one or both of the surgeries with the pregnancies.

  8. Appendectomy - Wikipedia

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    Harry Hancock performed the first abdominal surgery for appendicitis in 1848, but he did not remove the appendix. [26] In 1889 in New York City, Charles McBurney described the presentation and pathogenesis of appendicitis accurately and developed the teaching that an early appendectomy was the best treatment to avoid perforation and peritonitis.

  9. Portia de Rossi Undergoes Appendix Surgery - AOL

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    The actress had appendectomy surgery on Friday and is now resting at home and doing well, ET has learned.Appendicitis is an inflammation of the appendix and causes pain in your lower right abdomen ...