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. Mar 30, 2008 View in Crawl 4