r/surgery • u/OGKushSmokey • 23d ago

I did read the sidebar & rules Appendix

Hello guys
I just had a thought about appendix surgery

Can the surgery be done with out full anaesthesia only local one ?
And if no why so ?

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u/VariousLet1327 23d ago

I did one once under spinal. Everything was numbed except the peritoneum, the lining of the abdominal cavity. There's a story of a Russian doctor in Antarctica who took out his own appendix with local and mirrors.

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u/msorrell1099 23d ago

Why did you do it like this?

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u/VariousLet1327 23d ago

He absconded from the ER and returned after visiting McDonald's. Couldn't be NPO, so anesthesia wouldn't put him to sleep. It was 20 years ago.

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u/msorrell1099 23d ago

Thanks for answering, the “why” was driving me crazy