Please answer only if you are in the medical field or have had an appendectomy. What is recovery like? What should the patient feel for the first few days?
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I work in a general surgeons office. You want the appy done laparoscopically - that is 4 - 5 small (inch or less) incisions. The doc inserts "trocars" - one being a camera - which he maneuvers, watching on a screen, and gets the appendix out thru one the incisions. We don't suture anymore - altho some surgeons do, we use like a glue.. If you're younger - you should be fine in a day or two. Older people take a bit longer. I had my gallbladder and appy out on a Friday, went to a party Saturday night and back to work Monday. Most - however, take a week off. Laparoscopically it is not a bad procedure at all.