Sentence examples for appendectomy from inspiring English sources

The basic method for treating appendicitis is for a surgeon to completely remove the appendix in a minor operation called an appendectomy.

Dr Paulina Salminen, lead author of the study from Turku University Hospital in Finland, told CNN: "This is quite a radical change in the line of thinking, because appendectomy has served patients well for over 100 years".

"Most patients randomized to antibiotic treatment for uncomplicated appendicitis did not require appendectomy during the one-year follow-up period, and those who required appendectomy did not experience significant complications," the study said.

He said that the time had come "to consider abandoning routine appendectomy for patients with uncomplicated appendicitis", the New York Times reported.

In an editorial which accompanied the study, Dr Edward Livingston said: "So powerful is the perceived evidence of the benefits of appendectomy for appendicitis that surgical treatment for appendicitis remains unquestioned with seemingly little interest in studying the problem".

The study, which was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, concluded that for patients with uncomplicated appendicitis, "antibiotic treatment did not meet the pre-specified criterion for non-inferiority compared with appendectomy".

Responding to queries by reporters, he tells them that conversation was what he missed most he met only a few fellow travelers rowing or drifting; he made the voyage to test himself against nature unaided by 14-foot boat or sails; worst moment was after self-performed appendectomy when his hallucinated mind put him on a luxurious 60-foot harbor tug--hideous!

After I've done an appendectomy, how long does it take for my patients to fully recover?

Captain Chris Strange, a bleached-blond senior dressed in tights and a superhero cape, shut his eyes and said wearily, "Do we know any ex-B-J med students who would remove a healthy person's appendix?" Apparently, Rachel Katz, a petite freshman with "Go Team" inked on her face, had volunteered to undergo an appendectomy for the cause.

Author says much of what he knows about human anatomy he owes to Brenda King, who let him run his hand along her appendectomy scar; and Leonardo da Vinci, who created the Visible Man by dissecting corpses at the hospital of Santa Maria Nuova in Florence.

After an appendectomy in 1967, Zuckerman began writing what would be his most notorious novel, a love song to Newark, to masturbation, to sex: "Carnovsky".