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Re: ditch the appendix, too?

From: Alyson (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri Oct 21 07:49:47 2005


In my pre op for my lap this month my doctor advised that if there was endo in the area of my appendix he would be removing my appendix while he was in there. He ended up not doing that. He seemed to think of it as a preventative measure, I didn't ask for what though. Alyson

At Thu, 20 Oct 2005, anonymous wrote: >
>Hello women! I'm supposed to be having my second lap in a few months to
>resect some bowel and to clean up the endo but the surgeon also
>recommended presacral neurectomy and removing the appendix.
>
>I am wondering how frequently doctors recommend removing the appendix at
>the same time as a laparascopic endo removal and why they would remove
>it if it's not covered in endo. I know lots of people end up having
>them out but I'm not sure about removing a part that doesn't seem to be
>causing any trouble....isn't it there for a reason anyway?




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