Please read the following information to learn about his surgery and how you can help. The appendix uh-PEN-dix is a narrow, finger-shaped organ located in the lower right side of the belly. It is connected to the large intestine, and has no function in humans. Appendectomy app-pen-DECK-toe-me is done as an emergency surgery for appendicitis because the appendix has become inflamed swollen and needs to be removed.
If it is not removed, it could burst and cause infection called peritonitis per-i-toe-NY-tus in the abdomen. Recovery time from the lap appendectomy is short. Most patients who need a lap appendectomy enter the hospital through the Emergency Department and are taken to surgery within a few hours. Your child will be given antibiotics first and then be taken to surgery. This information is important because many patients with appendicitis appear to have a full stomach because of irritation from the inflamed appendix.
Once admitted, your child will not be able to have anything to eat or drink until after the operation. As the parent or legal guardian, you will be asked to sign a consent form before the anesthesia is given. Although appendectomy is the most common pediatric emergency surgical procedure, there are some risks.
While your child is asleep, his or her heart rate, blood pressure, temperature, and blood oxygen level will be checked continuously. Your child might have a breathing tube placed while he or she is asleep. If a breathing tube is used, your child might have a sore throat after the surgery. To keep your child asleep during the surgery, he or she might be given anesthetic medication by mask, through the IV tube, or both.
When the surgery is over, the medications will be stopped and your child will begin to wake up. After surgery, your child will be moved to the recovery room to allow the anesthetic to wear off.
You will be called so that you can be there as he or she wakes up. The most important role of a parent or guardian is to help your child stay calm and relaxed before the surgery. The best way to help your child stay calm is for you to stay calm. After your child is discharged and goes home, he or she should take it easy for the next 1 to 2 weeks. Bathing Your child may take a shower 2 days after the surgery; baths are allowed 5 days after surgery.
If your child has a fever higher than Also call the doctor if your child has:. If your child has any special needs or health issues you feel the doctor needs to know about, please call the Division of Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh before the follow-up visit and ask to speak with a nurse.
It is important to notify us in advance about any special needs your child might have. Pittsburgh, PA Children's Hospital's main campus is located in the Lawrenceville neighborhood. Our main hospital address is:. In addition to the main hospital, Children's has many convenient locations in other neighborhoods throughout the greater Pittsburgh region.
For general information and inquiries , please call To make an appointment , please call from 7 a. Monday through Friday. Many of anatomists added more or less insignificant ideas concerning the structure of the appendix and entered upon useless controversy concerning the name, function, position of the appendix vermiformis.
The first successful appendectomy was performed in by Claudius Amyand. Geillaume Dupuytren considered that acute inflammation of the right side of the abdomen arose from disease of the caecum and not the appendix.
As surgeons were wary of opening the abdomen for examination, early stages of appendicitis remained unknown. John Parkinson was able to give a good description of fatal appendicitis in Surgeons began draining localised abscesses which had already formed. By avoiding major incisions through the abdomen, patients may experience a quicker recovery with less pain while reducing the risk of post operative hernias.
EOS was passed through the patient's mouth and into the stomach where a small incision was made in the stomach wall to pass the instrument through to the appendix for removal. Materials provided by University of California - San Diego. Note: Content may be edited for style and length. Science News. ScienceDaily, 17 March University of California - San Diego.
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