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Please help! what happens during an appendectomy?

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Dr. Mark Pack answered

Specializes in General Surgery

Appendix removed: Appendix can be removed open or with a laparoscope, surgeon accesses the appendix through a larger incision if open or several small incisions if laparoscopic. A camera allows the surgeon to see inside your abdomen to guide the instruments. The appendix is removed. After the appendix is removed, the small incisions are cleaned, closed, and dressed.

Answered 12/16/2017

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