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Appendectomy facts for kids

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Young nurses assist at an appendectomy

An appendectomy or appendicectomy is when a doctor removes the vermiform appendix. This is commonly done as a treatment for appendicitis.

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  • US Navy 060227-N-9742R-004 The Ship's Surgeon Lt. Cmdr. Michael Barker, center, and Senior Medical Officer Commander David Gibson, left, perform an urgent laparoscopic appendectomy

    Surgeons perform a laparoscopic appendectomy.

  • SCAR

    Scar and bruise 2 days after operation

  • Appendectomy at the French Hospital in Tiflis (Dartigues 1919)

    An appendectomy at the French Hospital in Tbilisi, Georgia, 1919

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