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Definition of Appendicectomy

1. Noun. Surgical removal of the vermiform appendix.

Definition of Appendicectomy

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

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Definition of Appendicectomy

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Medical Definition of Appendicectomy

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)

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Literary usage of Appendicectomy

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

1. Has Surgical Treatment Lessened the Mortality from Appendicitis? by Frank Palmer Vale (1908)
"40 Acute appendicectomy 38 " with Abscess appendicectomy and Drainage 1 Acute with Abscess and Spreading Peritonitis appendicectomy and Drainage. ..."

2. Transactions of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists by American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (1907)
"THE TREND OF THE TIMES IN appendicectomy. BY N. STONE SCOTT, MD. Cleveland. AT intervals during the past centuries certain symptoms have been recorded which ..."

3. Oxford Loose-leaf Surgery by F. F. Burghard, Allen Buckner Kanavel (1919)
"CHAPTER XIV OPERATIONS UPON THE VERMIFORM APPENDIX appendicectomy INDICATIONS FOR THE OPERATION (i) Acute appendicitis. Acute inflammation of the appendix, ..."

4. The Surgery of the abdomen by Bayard Taylor Holmes (1904)
"appendicectomy of the free appendix; the six stages of the operation; ... appendicectomy of the adherent appendix without abscess; the dangers of ..."

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