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An appendectomy (American English) or appendicectomy (British English) is a surgical operation in which the vermiform appendix (a portion of the intestine) is removed. Appendectomy is normally performed as an urgent or emergency procedure to treat complicated acute appendicitis .
Claudius Amyand (c. 1680 – 6 July 1740) was a French surgeon who performed the first recorded successful appendectomy. Amyand was born around 1680, the son of Isaac Amyand and Anne Hottot in Mornac, Saintonge, France. As Huguenots, the Amyands fled to England following the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685 and settled in London. [1]
Abraham Groves (September 8, 1847 – May 12, 1935) was a Canadian physician and surgeon in Fergus, Ontario, who is credited with performing the first appendectomy in North America, in 1883. He is also recognized for performing Canada's first suprapubic lithotomy and for his early use of aseptic technique in surgery, possibly being the first ...
The condition is an eponymous disease named after a French surgeon, Claudius Amyand (1660–1740), [3] who performed the first successful appendectomy in 1735. [4] Most of the cases are diagnosed intraoperatively and a preoperative diagnosis is rarely made in such cases.
The first surgical techniques were developed to treat injuries and traumas. A combination of archaeological and anthropological studies offer insight into much earlier techniques for suturing lacerations, amputating unsalvageable limbs, and draining and cauterizing open wounds.
It was the first 17-2 halftime score in NFL history. ... Texans TE Cade Stover returned after missing two games following an emergency appendectomy. Up next. The Ravens host the Browns, and the ...
Gibson also was out for the first 12 games of the regular season after undergoing an emergency appendectomy. Gibson came into Saturday's game with an 8-8-2 record in 20 games, a 2.76 goals-against ...
January 4 – The first successful appendectomy is performed by Dr. William W. Grant on Mary Gartside. July 6 – Louis Pasteur and Émile Roux successfully test their rabies vaccine . The patient is Joseph Meister , a boy bitten by a rabid dog.