| Unlike her predecessors, Ms D scrubbed for only one surgical procedure, an appendectomy, the entire time she was in Vietnam. |
| In 1988 there was a fivefold high rate of incidental appendectomy in women compared to men, and by 1997 this had decreased to about twofold. |
| The clinical presentation in all cases was one of an acute abdomen suggestive of appendicitis, resulting in appendectomy as a primary procedure. |
| It was possible that it might be needed for an emergency appendectomy being undertaken by the ship's surgeon while at sea. |
| A radical cystectomy and prostatectomy with bilateral pelvic lymphadenectomy and appendectomy were performed. |
| The dramatic scene was performed with the speed and expertise of a surgeon on his one millionth appendectomy. |
