An appendectomy (American English) or appendicectomy (British English) is a surgical operation in which the vermiform appendix (a portion of the intestine)...

appendix is called an appendectomy. Appendectomy can be performed through open or laparoscopic surgery. Laparoscopic appendectomy has several advantages...

Barnes, J. Peyton Jr (December 1993). "Current Techniques in Laparoscopic Appendectomy". Surgical Laparoscopy Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques. 3 (6): 470–476...

of poor unwed black mothers, and "Mississippi appendectomies." Under these "Mississippi appendectomies," women who went to the hospital to give birth...

ABC as lead host for their coverage of the NBA. In 2007, Scott had an appendectomy and learned that his appendix was cancerous. After going into remission...

Germany, performed the first laparoscopic appendectomy. Following his lecture on laparoscopic appendectomy, the president of the German Surgical Society...

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deemed cosmetically better. It is typically used to perform an open appendectomy. Variations exist on the method used to locate the incision. Some surgeons...

Appendicitis usually requires the removal of the inflamed appendix, in an appendectomy either by laparotomy or laparoscopy. Untreated, the appendix may rupture...

only medical professional there at the time, had to perform his own appendectomy. Leonid Rogozov was born in Dauriya, Borzinsky District, Chita Oblast...