"Emergency appendectomy" refers to a surgical operation to remove a swollen appendix immediately, usually due to a sudden and severe infection called appendicitis. Full definition
They must be able to maintain their equipment, knowing that not only their scientific mission but their very lives may depend on their repairs.And they must be able to cope with sickness, set broken bones, perform emergency appendectomies, and, in the worst of circumstances, watch a comrade die from injury or blood loss, knowing that he or she could easily have survived with timely treatment at a terrestrial hospital. (discovermagazine.com)
Blount shared such personal details as dropping her youngest son, Cameron, off to college for his freshman year and noting that her college - age daughter, Haley, had to be rushed to the operating room for an emergency appendectomy. (fortune.com)
The emergency appendectomy — that wicked, temporarily debilitating, and costly medical procedure performed on 320,000 Americans each year — it turns out, in most cases, is completely unnecessary said David Agus, Director of the University of Southern California's Center for Applied Molecular Medicine speaking at Fortune's Brainstorm Health conference in San Diego on Tuesday. (fortune.com)