As long as the scar is healed then there is no reason why you can't swim after an appendectomy
An appendectomy is the removal of ones appendix?
Appendix. An appendectomy is the operation to remove the appendix.
Yes, appendectomy is excision (surgical removal) of the appendix.
The same as before an appendectomy. aA balanced one.
open appendectomy
The abdominopelvic cavity would have to be opened for an appendectomy.
The root in "appendectomy" is "append-", which refers to the appendix, a small pouch attached to the large intestine.
Nope. Sorry but you are running the risk of getting an infection on one of ur incisions and trust me you dont want that specially the belly button incision which will accumulate pus and will gradually drain out. sorry .
The appendix is ventral (in the lower right quadrant of the abdomen in humans) and this an appendectomy would be performed ventraly.
"Status post appendectomy remote" means the patient had her appendix surgically removed, but not recently.
"Status post appendectomy remote" means the patient had her appendix surgically removed, but not recently.
He was rushed into the operating theatre for an emergency appendectomy as his appendix had just exploded in his abdominal cavity.