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Appendix Removed Through Vagina: U.S. First

sciencedaily.com — On March 26, 2008, surgeons at UC-San Diego Medical Center removed an inflamed appendix through a patient's vagina, a first in the United States. The patient reported only minor discomfort. Key to these surgical clinical trials is collaboration with medical device companies to develop new minimally-invasive tools.

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  • badwithcomputer, on 03/31/2008, -15/+64now that's what i call a sticky situation.
  • scuba7183, on 03/31/2008, -5/+10thats freaking awesome
    • matrixbandit, on 03/31/2008, -1/+6lol they didn't remove that appendix, they delivered it.
  • levitron, on 03/31/2008, -3/+155Unfortunately this procedure is unavailable for men. Sexist.
    • sfrench, on 03/31/2008, -1/+72Well they could attempt something similar, but it would hurt.... a LOT
      • nyx210, on 03/31/2008, -4/+23Imagine: "Doctors Successfully Remove Lung Through Penis"
        Now THAT would be impressive.
      • nphase, on 03/31/2008, -0/+19I cringed really hard when you said that.
    • 0crabby0, on 03/31/2008, -8/+3You could remove the appendix through the mangina
    • coldbyte, on 03/31/2008, -5/+4Borat's BackPussy might work but would hurt like hell
    • fluidfoundation, on 03/31/2008, -1/+7Chuck usually rips it out through the throat.
      • NeoTEKK, on 03/31/2008, -4/+2Yes, and Mr.T would just "Pity the fool" until it runs out itself - out of fear.
    • LadyDub, on 03/31/2008, -0/+2They've already done it through someone's mouth. Mmmmm tasty.
      • outofstep, on 03/31/2008, -0/+1wouldn't it taste sweet? I'd imagine they'd Novocain the mouth to much to notice.
    • angusmancan, on 03/31/2008, -1/+4I for one, am incredibly grateful that organs aren't removed and forced to pass through my urethra.
    • xlar54, on 03/31/2008, -0/+8In other news, they recently removed a woman's vagina through her appendix.
    • MxM111, on 03/31/2008, -0/+1Well there are other openings in that general aria even in men... Not that I seriously think that they would use them...
  • roastedbagel, on 03/31/2008, -8/+43Giggity
    • rpggm, on 03/31/2008, -1/+1Doctor just wanted to get into her vaj.
    • jcozine, on 04/01/2008, -1/+0"The opportunity to participate in the clinical trial was attractive to the scientist in her." You don't say.
  • TriSight, on 03/31/2008, -29/+30Pics of the vagina or it didn't happen.
  • bbqsalad, on 03/31/2008, -18/+3Oh I love vaginas!
  • slvrbullet87, on 03/31/2008, -13/+7"Key to these surgical clinical trials is collaboration with medical device companies to develop new minimally-invasive tools."
    They shoved something up her snatch all the way to her small intestine, sounds invasive to me... and kinda sexy.
    • sdcarter, on 03/31/2008, -3/+9It is... I do it every time I have sex with your mom and she loves it. We call it "scraping the back of [her] teeth." Oh, and by the way, she says hi.


      Don't make this weird, say hi.
  • JimSwarthow, on 03/31/2008, -13/+7that's so hot.
  • soot, on 03/31/2008, -4/+16you know what, I'll bet they could slide your whole body off of you through your vagina if they wanted to
    • Mizzy, on 03/31/2008, -0/+8Lets just hope they dont make a porno out of that.
    • rstarr, on 03/31/2008, -2/+9After that would there be any tread left on the tire?
      Or would it be like throwing a hotdog down a hallway?
    • dougmc, on 03/31/2008, -0/+2Well this girl's intestines and some other organs were sucked out by the suction of a pool pump --
      http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,340332,00.html
      and while they don't really give many details, I can only think of one place they could have been sucked out of, and it's pretty close ...
      *shudder* I'm hard pressed to think of anything more horrific.

      • DemonWasp, on 03/31/2008, -0/+2How about: Having that done intentionally, by human beings, for the amusement of a crowd?

        It's called "disembowelment".
  • sdcarter, on 03/31/2008, -8/+8Ewww.
    • way2muchsense, on 03/31/2008, -0/+2Not exactly. The vagina itself doesn't have that many nerve endings, hence the lack of post-op discomfort. Any scars are in a location that no one (other than one's ob/gyn) sees. The usual scar from a conventional appendectomy is about 4".
      • bxblox, on 03/31/2008, -0/+2unless they ***** it up, in which case they make a huge slash on the side of your body to clean up the mess before so you wont die.
  • creationism, on 03/31/2008, -2/+20Are they sure it was an appendix?
  • djvchris, on 03/31/2008, -2/+11I promised her I'd be more careful next time...
  • NetPyro, on 03/31/2008, -11/+11Ummm...I would rather them cut open my abdomen, than my nether regions. This is an improvement in technique?
    • j3ff86, on 03/31/2008, -0/+0Less scars me thinks.
    • pyro789x, on 03/31/2008, -0/+4having had my apendix removed, it sucks when your stomach muscles are cut in half and you try to use them at all.. like standing up... or walking... or sneezing... god sneezing hurts..
    • carpespasm, on 03/31/2008, -0/+2internal injuries heal faster than external ones.
  • 3amboo, on 03/31/2008, -15/+13OM NOM NOM NOM NOM
  • stevetrojanman, on 03/31/2008, -3/+28Well that sounds minimally invasive...
    • Syric, on 03/31/2008, -0/+4Your attempt at sarcasm was unfounded, because it actually is.
    • zeitgueist, on 03/31/2008, -1/+4Much like your attempts at intercourse....
    • JedicodeWarrior, on 03/31/2008, -0/+2Assault with a friendly weapon
  • TheGreatBelow, on 03/31/2008, -5/+73Only pussies would do that operation.
  • Chairboy, on 03/31/2008, -4/+48"Congratulations, Ma'am, it's an.... organ."

    Are cigars in order? Do you have an appendix shower?
  • zeitgueist, on 03/31/2008, -4/+53Vagina in title = front page guarentee
  • sameer768, on 03/31/2008, -4/+39what is this 'vagina' you speak of?
  • Quick2822, on 03/31/2008, -0/+16Hopefully for us guys here, the technology to remove appendix through the anus is many many years away.
    • way2muchsense, on 03/31/2008, -0/+4Perhaps that's an even better way to go. Through the colon and large intestine to grab that sucker from the inside.
    • Syric, on 03/31/2008, -0/+2What do you mean hopefully?
      • GliTCH82, on 03/31/2008, -0/+1Maybe you should re-read his comment again.

        Or, maybe I should re-read yours.
  • web2pointYo, on 03/31/2008, -2/+54This should be of particular interest to the 3 women a day that visit digg.
    • naldrich, on 03/31/2008, -0/+8It is, thanks.
    • xmkatx, on 03/31/2008, -0/+7Checking in.
      Yes, it is very interesting.
    • knde, on 03/31/2008, -1/+7Saska, LadyArcher, HeidiVodka, AriaStar, and the math teacher from Finland (I'm sorry, I forgot your user name!) + Me

      = 6 women who visit Digg every day. Ha! :-)

      p.s Include Naldrich and Xmkatx and you have 8! We're taking over I tell you...
      • countingthedays, on 03/31/2008, -0/+4Its a damn shame. First you fill up our garages with junk, then take over digg. Is nothing sacred? What's next, slashdot? Its a damn shame...
        • knde, on 03/31/2008, -0/+4Oh you just wait...we are currently plotting an evil hack to change the layout colour to pink and flood the frontpage with stardust, rainbows and magic! ;-)
    • Rykin, on 03/31/2008, -0/+3Only three women replied. ;>
  • selmer, on 03/31/2008, -0/+9what else can be removed that way?
  • Shatfacedpanda, on 03/31/2008, -0/+10That title sounds like a new desktop pic for my brothers comp.
  • solarsavior, on 03/31/2008, -2/+68Guess that's better than having your testicles removed through your wallet.
  • tbstudee, on 03/31/2008, -4/+1Why is this preferrable to a regular appendectomy?
    • FlagrantDrugUse, on 03/31/2008, -0/+5no scar?
    • cybortrip, on 03/31/2008, -4/+5because the patient always wanted a gaping chasm for a vagina
    • insertAliasHere, on 03/31/2008, -1/+8I had an appendectomy about 14 years ago. It is a relatively minor surgery, but I could barely get out of bed to take a piss for 3 days, and if I laughed it felt like my side was going to split apart. Now I know they have made the process less painful and less invasive over the years, but this way, there is no scarring, much less possibility of post-op complications, and it involves much less pain.

      Did you RTFA at all?
      • debuggercll, on 03/31/2008, -5/+3I didn't even read your comment.
      • davdev, on 03/31/2008, -0/+1I actually had mine removed last week, they do it laproscopically (sp?) now and I was up and about a few hours later. I am still a bit sore, but it's not too bad. The only thing I don't like is one of the scopes went through the belly button and it is all swollen, it looks like the mouth of a sucker fish
    • solarsavior, on 03/31/2008, -1/+2Apparently, tbstudee's head is his appendix.
  • toxicityj, on 03/31/2008, -0/+22When people ask why I'm proud to be American, I'll them this is why.
  • chrissku, on 03/31/2008, -3/+66I just popped in here because I saw the word vagina.
  • mykodacon, on 03/31/2008, -2/+3Just goes to prove that some guys will do anything to see a vagina (myself included)
  • justin82592, on 03/31/2008, -4/+3video or it didnt happen
  • gerbco, on 03/31/2008, -2/+1Lets go ahead and leave this one alone.
  • nomadxx7, on 03/31/2008, -7/+2When a woman has to go to the gynecologist, you don't want a doctor who has a hobby.
    You don't want a gynecologist who's also a magician.
    You don't want: "How are we today? Uh, a dove!"
    "What's this?!"
    "Is this your card?"
    • nomadxx7, on 03/31/2008, -1/+1Guess someone hasn't seen Robin Williams: Live on Broadway
      *sigh
      • serif69, on 03/31/2008, -2/+3It's not that nobody has seen it, it's that Robin Williams isn't funny.
    • bbqsalad, on 03/31/2008, -1/+1WHAT THE F!
    • ninjakuNerd, on 03/31/2008, -0/+1i am horrified and possibly scarred by the mental image of a dove flying out of a... thanks guy.
  • Delphium226, on 03/31/2008, -1/+1holy shiite
  • UrbanVoyeur, on 03/31/2008, -2/+1Interesting to be sure, but why not just take it out the belly button - They already got the camera in that way.
  • Sean42, on 03/31/2008, -3/+9Minimally invasive, eh?
    What's next.....Getting your tonsils removed through your anus.
    • nyx210, on 03/31/2008, -0/+7I sorta think these doctors do these procedures just for the hell of it(and to get their names into record books).
  • TomT223, on 03/31/2008, -2/+5Admit it guys. The only reason you clicked on the link was to see pictures.
  • prompel, on 03/31/2008, -6/+8Late-breaking news: The president undergoes brain surgery through the anus! Well, it was the shortest way.
  • Jondi10, on 03/31/2008, -1/+4It's a trap!
  • captnkurt, on 03/31/2008, -0/+6"I can assure you, Miss Honeywell, that all dental cleanings are being performed this way now."
  • homesickalien, on 03/31/2008, -0/+8Funny how women are keen to have "scarless" surgeries like this, but natural childbirth without caesarian is becoming less common every day.
    • tomtom13, on 03/31/2008, -2/+2A little different than squeezing a baby out of your vagina *****
  • analogkid01, on 03/31/2008, -2/+1Show me a doc who removes an appendix through a vagina, and I'll show you a doc who regrets their choice of specialty.
  • limedcoconut, on 03/31/2008, -0/+29score! The vagina is such a multitasker...
  • 3leggedHorse, on 03/31/2008, -0/+1 Triple Heart bypass surgery performed through a vagina.
    Looks at those bloke eyes they are all laughing their asses off.
  • pearcewg, on 03/31/2008, -0/+10To the poster: next time, I would strongly recommend providing a definition.
    Most of my coworkers who are Software Engineers haven't seen one.
  • PhilMoskowitz, on 03/31/2008, -2/+2Stunt surgery, I love it.
    • debuggercll, on 03/31/2008, -1/+3The doctor entered the operating room via a parachute landing involving lions and pyrotechnics.
  • Svengalus, on 03/31/2008, -1/+8When I walked in on my wife and her dentist she said he was filling a cavity through her vagina. Honestly, technology today is unbelievable.
  • FloorModel, on 03/31/2008, -0/+2sorry guys, guess what they have in store for you
    • Sean42, on 03/31/2008, -0/+1I can't hear you... I can't hear you.... I can't hear you...
      /Hands over ears
  • derek20cali, on 03/31/2008, -0/+10This discussion is a total sausage fest.
  • copeland3300, on 03/31/2008, -4/+2I always love it when articles contradict themselves.

    If this was a first in the US, then why does the article state "This is the fourth NOTES surgery that UC San Diego Medical Center has performed. The first surgery took place in September 2007 and the most recent on March 26, 2008."

    Um, what?
    • Syric, on 03/31/2008, -0/+2I see no contradiction. This was the first one involving the vagina. NOTES surgeries in general can involve any opening.
    • graderguy, on 03/31/2008, -0/+1like going through the ear to reverse a lobotomy.....
  • jsauter, on 03/31/2008, -2/+1"Well, there's a delicate corneal inversion procedure... a multi-opti-pupil-optomy. But, in order to keep from damaging the eye sockets, they've got to go in through the rectum. Ain't no man going to take that route with me!"

    Fortunately the only thing in remember from that stupid Hot Shots movie.
    • inajeep, on 03/31/2008, -0/+1The other funny thing from that movie is when the plane inverted and all the changes and garbage from the floor went into the cockpit canopy.
  • LordCracknBerry, on 03/31/2008, -2/+1That appendix got f*cked!
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