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How bad is the pain associated with an appendectomy?

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Dr. Tracy Berg answered

Specializes in General Surgery

Post operative pain: Pain after surgery, or post operative pain is expected and treated in several ways. First line therapy is narcotic pain meds. The pain should take a pattern of decreasing over 5 to 10 days. A pain scale is often used and subjective rank from the patient should be 4-6 out of 10.

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Answered 12/28/2019

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