Benefits: If the appendix is diseased, it must be removed as soon as possible. Although appendectomy is the most basic surgery for surgeons, minor surgery requires real effort. Minor surgery is also dangerous for individual diseased appendices.
The appendix can resist germs.
It can secrete immune substances, kill bacteria that can cause abdominal diseases, and enhance the body's resistance to cancer. People who have their appendix removed are 40% more likely to suffer from intestinal cancer than those who have not, and the proportion of people who die from other cancers is also high.
Extended data:
The appendix (organ), also known as the worm-like process, is a slender curved blind tube, which is located in the lower right of the abdomen between the cecum and the ileum. Its root is connected with the posterior medial wall of cecum, and its distal end is free and locked. The range of motion varies from person to person, and it can be extended to any direction of abdominal cavity under the influence of mesentery.
The appendix is located in the lower right of abdomen, between cecum and ileum. It is a long, thin, curved blind tube with a closed distal end.
Appendix location: 3 1 cadaver specimen, and the appendix display rate was 100%. 27 cases (27/3 1, 87. 1%) were located at the root of appendix, and 4 cases (4/3 1, 12.9%) were located at the tip of cecum.
The frequency of the distance from appendix to the tip of cecum is mostly concentrated in 1-4cm, with an average of 2.5cm, and rarely exceeds 4.2cm.
The shape and size of the appendix: the appendix is 1.58cm long and 4-7 mm in diameter. The appendix can be divided into 18 cases (18/3 1.58%) and 10 cases (/kloc-0).
18 cases (18/3 1, 58%) had uniform appendix diameter, and 13 cases (1 31,42%) had thinner proximal segment and thicker distal segment.
The frequency of appendix diameter is mostly 4.6-5.4mm, with an average of 5 mm The maximum length of appendix of 3 1 cadavers in this group is 9cm, and the minimum length is 1.7cm, with an average of 5.2cm, in which 1 case is equal to the average value, and 14 case is less than the average value./kl The appendix length frequency is non-normal distribution, with great variation.
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