Appendicitis has a link to the following : Hugh TB, Hugh TJ, " Appendicectomy becoming a rare event ? " MJA 2001; 175 : 7-8.
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Amyand's work soon sunk into obscurity, and various candidates were vying for the accolade of having performed the first appendicectomy in the 1880s, unaware that Amyand predated them by 150 years.
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Here's a quote : " It is likely that the fall in appendicectomy rates is because of more accurate diagnosis, possibly associated with the use of ultrasound examination, computed tomography and laparoscopy, and to a change in surgical attitudes to avoid " unnecessary " operations . "-- Joelmills 14 : 17, 29 April 2007 ( UTC)
