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  2. Appendectomy - Wikipedia

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    Appendicitis develops most commonly in the second trimester. [2] If appendicitis develops in a pregnant woman, an appendectomy is usually performed and should not harm the fetus. [15] The risk of premature delivery is about 10%. [16] The risk of fetal death in the perioperative period after an appendectomy for early acute appendicitis is 3 to 5%.

  3. Appendicitis - Wikipedia

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    Laparoscopic appendectomy has several advantages over open appendectomy, including a shorter post-operative recovery, less post-operative pain, and a lower superficial surgical site infection rate. However, the occurrence of an intra-abdominal abscess is almost three times more prevalent in laparoscopic appendectomy than open appendectomy.

  4. Adhesion (medicine) - Wikipedia

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    Adhesions form as a natural part of the body's healing process after surgery in a similar way that a scar forms. The term "adhesion" is applied when the scar extends from within one tissue across to another, usually across a virtual space such as the peritoneal cavity. Adhesion formation post-surgery typically occurs when two injured surfaces ...

  5. Man Sues Hospital, Doc: Appendix Left In After Appendectomy - AOL

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    When you have appendicitis, you get an appendectomy. Removal is ultimately the only solution, and, once done, you don't have to worry about it again. Unless you do. That's what William McCormack ...

  6. Ladd's bands - Wikipedia

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    The procedure involves counterclockwise detorsion of the bowel, surgical division of Ladd's bands (shown in image), widening of the small intestine's mesentery, performing an appendectomy, and reorientation of the small bowel on the right and the cecum and colon on the left (the appendectomy is performed so as not to be confused by atypical ...

  7. Surgical extirpation - Wikipedia

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    Extirpation of the appendix, or appendectomy, is the standard treatment utilized in cases of acute appendicitis. [3] [4] Approximately 300,000 individuals in the United States have their appendix removed each year.

  8. Houston TE Cade Stover out against Dolphins after emergency ...

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    Houston rookie tight end Cade Stover had an emergency appendectomy Saturday night and will miss Sunday's game against the Miami Dolphins. The Texans announced his surgery Sunday morning, saying he ...

  9. McCarthy back with Cowboys after appendectomy, set to call ...

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    Dallas Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy is back with the team after undergoing an emergency appendectomy just four days before planning to be the sideline for an NFC East showdown with Philadelphia.