Table of Contents
- Overview
- Risks
- Recovery
- Prevention
- Images
Appendix removal
Expectations after surgery
Patients tend to recover quickly after a simple appendectomy. Most patients leave the hospital in 1 - 3 days after the operation. Normal activities can be resumed within 1 - 3 weeks after leaving the hospital.
Recovery is slower and more complicated if the appendix has ruptured or an abscess has formed.
Living without an appendix causes no known health problems.
Review Date: 10/16/2006
Reviewed By: J.A. Lee, M.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Columbia University
Medical Center, New York, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare
Network.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
