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How longs your body take to heal the location of where you got your appendix removed?

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Dr. Stuart Hickerson answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Appendectomy: Typically most people are recovered from an appendectomy surgery withing a couple of weeks.

Answered 11/18/2019

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