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May 2008
Scarless Appendix Removal Surgery: Through Your Mouth!
Posted in horror by Tor at 12:01 pm | No Comments »
If you ever need your appendix removed in the future, there is a good chance you’ll never even have a scar. That’s because doctors have successfully performed the world’s first appendectomy … through the patient’s mouth!
The operation, which is a major advance in the Pursuit for scar-free surgery, was performed by doctors in San Diego, California, who used a flexible tube to thread miniature surgical instruments down the 42-6ear-old’s throat to his stomach.
A tiny incision was Therefore made in the stomach wall to get at the appendix – a small worm-like pouch attached to the large bowel.
The inflamed appendix was cut away, bagged and pulled back into the stomach – and out of the mouth.
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