The first report of an appendectomy came from Amyan, a surgeon of the English army. Amyan performed an appendectomy in 1735 without anesthesia to remove a perforated appendix. Children, for instance, do not have the typical signs of appendicitis always; hence parents may not get medical treatment for them in time. Appendicitis, as we know it refers to some form of blockage of the vermiform appendix in conjunction with some type of internal bacterial infection.
Sometimes, the body is successful in containing (“healing”) the appendicitis without surgical treatment if the infection and accompanying inflammation do not spread throughout the abdomen. . If treatment is delayed, the appendix can burst, causing infection and even death. Appendicitis is one of the most common causes of emergency abdominal surgery.
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