Has anyone had a doctor that removed a good appendix?

Question

hay
im doing an assigment about the appendix and was wondering if anyone has had an operation and the doctor has removed the appendix and than found out that it was a good one? what has happend to the doctor? if anyone has hurd or had SIMALAR experiances can you plaese reply
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Answer 1

It is actually fairly common that doctors remove normal appendixes. I remember from med school that a good doctor removes diseased appendixes only around 84% of the time. A doctor who is correct with a diagnosis of acute appendicitis 100% of the time is bound to miss a few cases. And believe me, a ruptured appendix is a helluva prolem, causing peritonitis and eventual death. Not all patients with AP present with all classical findings. Thus, a surgeon has to weigh his impressions and it is generally to the patient's greatest benefit that his/her normal appendix be removed so that in the future, the diagnosis of AP can be easily ruled out.

Answer 2

There's an estimate going round that roughly 50% of patients who present with the classic appendicitis symptoms; acute RIF pain from peri-umbillical region, rebound tenderness, fever and constipation have an appendicitis. The rest have other pathology, but, as stated, because of the risks of a perforated appendix, a laparotomy is performed almost as standard in which the appendix will often be removed.

Answer 3

Good analysis virtuo.....!

I remember one another condition, where good appendices are removed for the future benifit of the patients, that is when exploratory laprotomy is done to see the pathology and nothing comes out wrong inside !!!

Answer 4

you only have 1 of them.