appendectomy

• The appendectomy was performed five or six years ago, by a good surgeon, judging from the quality of the work. —  Maigret and the Headless Corpse - Georges Simenon - 75
• She wanted to grill them until one of them admitted to having known that Rainy's appendectomy was a hoax or something of that order. —  Sophie
• The scar on her side had been explained away as the result of an appendectomy, though, in retrospect, Jeffrey remembered the scar was jagged and vertical, nothing like a surgeon's clean incision. —  Karin Slaughter - Blindsighted
• It is estimated that, worldwide, more than 230 million major encompass a wide spectrum of complexity and indications, from emergency interventions (such as appendectomy), to lifesaving or life-extending operations (such as liver transplantation), to elective surgical interventions (such as total joint replacement), to cosmetic surgery procedures (such as breast augmentation). —  JAMA current issue
• An unplanned pregnancy or appendectomy might be an expense you'd never get out from under without insurance, said Olson. —  StarTribune.com rss feed

Used in the Same Context