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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Pre-Operation Preparations
- The treatment begins by keeping the patient from eating or drinking anything, even water, in preparation for surgery.
- An intravenous drip is used to hydrate the patient.
Surgical Procedure
- If the stomach is empty (no food in the past six hours) general anaesthesia is usually used. Otherwise, spinal anaesthesia may be used.
- There are two types of surgeries used to address treating appendicitis: Open and laparoscopic appendectomies
- In open procedures, a relatively large incision is made in the abdomen and the appendix is surgically removed.
- In the laparoscopic surgery approach, three small incisions are made in the abdomen with a small camera inserted to visualize the area of interest in the abdomen.
- If the findings reveal suppurative appendicitis with complications such as rupture, abscess, adhesions, etc., conversion to open laparotomy may be necessary.
- If required, An open laparotomy incision most often centers on the area of maximum tenderess, McBurney's point, in the right lower quadrant.