The child has an appendix cut, and it will still be there after five years? There are currently three explanations, all of which are brain-burning

When it comes to appendix surgery, everyone must be familiar with it, which is a very common surgical procedure. But the recent experience of a 17-year-old boy is mind-blowing, and the general surgical procedure of cutting the appendix has also sparked heated discussions among netizens.

In 2019, Mr. Lu's 12-year-old son from Xuchang had pain in his right lower abdomen, and after being sent to the hospital, the doctor diagnosed acute appendicitis and had to remove the appendix. At that time, the operation went well, and the removed appendix was 4.5 centimeters, and it was sent for examination.

I thought it was over, but after the operation, the child often had a dull pain in his right abdomen.

In September 2023, Mr. Lu took his son to Zhengzhou for an inspection, and he was shocked when he checked it. The results of the examination showed that the child's appendix was clearly visible!

Since the appendix is still there, what was cut out of the operation in 2019?

For this reason, Mr. Lu immediately found the hospital where he had the operation before and asked the other party to give an explanation. The hospital's reply was that there were records of the operation at that time, there were specimens, medical imaging was only technology, and if there was intussusception, this would happen.

Mr. Lu does not agree with this statement.

In March this year, he took the child to Shanghai Renji Hospital, and after another examination, he found that the appendix was still there!

At present, Xuchang's medical commission has intervened, and the specific inside information has not yet been announced.

After the fermentation of this matter, many netizens who studied medicine gave their own opinions and suggestions, and most of them doubted whether the child had appendiceal stubitis, that is, the root of the remaining appendix was inflamed.

It has also been pointed out that the reports from the two hospitals show that the appendix is visible, but it is not possible to determine whether the appendix is intact or not, and it is difficult to say whether the images show a residual part or the entire appendix.

There are health bloggers online science: the possibility of appendix stub inflammation is very high, if it is not cut thoroughly at that time, the remaining appendix root is too long, and the remaining small section is inflamed, which will cause the child's right abdomen to continue to dull pain. However, if the entire appendix is still present after surgery, this is almost impossible unless the wrong cut is made.

In this way, there are three explanations for what happened to the teenager:

1. He really has appendix susceptibility.

For example, like a double yolk egg, he may have two appendixes, one of which was cut back then, and now there is one left;

2. He had appendiceal stubitis, and the root of the remaining appendix was inflamed, so he has been having a dull pain in his right lower abdomen for several years. And the roots are left a little long, so medical images show that the appendix is visible;

3. It is possible that the appendix was not removed by surgery that year. But at that time, the hospital was conclusive, there were surgical records and specimens, and the possibility of cutting mistakes was very small.

As things stand, the first two explanations are more tenable. As for what the truth is, it remains to wait for the final results of the investigation.

【Conclusion】

Although the medical imaging data is biased, the appendix is visible in both hospitals, so it is not possible that both hospitals are wrong.

In the face of this brain-burning situation, Mr. Lu can go to an authoritative hospital again and do another examination, and it is best to find out the specific size of the child's appendix.

At that time, the operating hospital kept records and specimens, which were all evidence, and whether there was a mistake in the cutting was known by the medical investigation team.

In fact, the surgical technology of appendicitis has now developed very maturely, and the probability of miscircumcision is very small, so you don't have to worry too much.