How appendectomy is done?

Answer:
Open appendectomy:

Skin incision made in McBurney's point.
Dissection of subcutaneous fat and tissue.
Dissection through external and internal obliques.
Dissection through peritoneum.


Identification of appendix, dissection of mesoappendix by diathermy.
Ligation and division of appendix.
Cautery of appendix stump.
Burial of stump by purse suture.


Closure in layers with vicryl rapide and skin sutures via subcuticular sutures with monocryl.
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