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Definition of Appendectomy

1. Noun. Surgical removal of the vermiform appendix.

Definition of Appendectomy

1. n. Excision of the vermiform appendix.

Definition of Appendectomy

1. Noun. (context: surgery) The surgical procedure for the removal of the vermiform appendix. ¹

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Definition of Appendectomy

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Medical Definition of Appendectomy

1. A surgical procedure which involves the removal of an inflamed appendix. This procedure may be performed through a conventional abdominal incision or using a laparoscope. In both approaches the patient is asleep under general anaesthesia. Convalescence in the hospital is 1 to 3 days. Typically much shorter if performed laparoscopically. Rupture of the appendix can lengthen recovery time considerably. See: appendicitis. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Appendectomy

Literary usage of Appendectomy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Surgical Clinics of North America by Robert E. Hermann, Avram M. Cooperman (1921)
"appendectomy Pyloric Syndrome: a Reflex Manifestation of Disease of the Appendix. ... appendectomy Technic. After-treatment. History. ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1908)
"The Treatment of the Appendix Stump after appendectomy.—WILLIS (Annals of Surgery, 1908, xlviii, 74) received communications from 10.5 representative ..."

3. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1914)
"appendectomy Resection of stomach Inguinal hernia appendectomy and extra-uterine ... Gastro-enterostomy and appendectomy Posterior gastru-enterostomy ..."

4. Electro-haemostasis in operative surgery by Alexander Johnston Chalmers Skene (1899)
"That the same secondary troubles followed appendectomy as after removal of the Fallopian tube was apparent on reading the records of many surgeons. ..."

5. Nutrition and Clinical Dietetics by Herbert Swift Carter, Paul Edward Howe, Howard Harris Mason (1921)
"Diet after appendectomy.—No food should be given for from forty-eight to seventy-two hours postoperative. Water may be begun as soon as the nausea ..."

6. Appendicitis, its pathology and surgery by Charles Barrett Lockwood (1901)
"... XXI THE AFTER-TREATMENT OF appendectomy THE following remarks on after-treatment are not intended to apply to ordinary simple cases of appendectomy, ..."

7. Gynæcology for students & practitioners by Thomas Watts Eden (1920)
"appendectomy The Incision. When the abdomen has been opened by a sub-umbilical incision for a pelvic operation, it is easy to explore and remove the ..."

8. Surgical Operations with Local Anesthesia by Arthur Emanuel Hertzler (1916)
"If the indications are not urgent the gut should be exposed for from 24 to 72 hours before it is opened. appendectomy. ..."

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