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680,000 cases of Acute Appendicitis are reported each year (“Statistics about Acute Appendicitis”). With this many cases, one would think that doctors have a standard for performing an appendectomy. Depending on the situation, a patient could have a choice of which surgery he wants. Although open and laparoscopic appendectomies both successfully save patients, the methods of surgery differ in risk of infections, recovery time, and post-operative pain. An open appendectomy is routinely performed by making an incision in the lower abdomen, pulling the skin apart, exposing the internal organs, and removing the appendix. Since the surgery is performed with the abdominal cavity exposed, it is more likely to get infected. After the surgery, the

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