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Old 05-02-2012, 09:20 PM   #3
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Guarding, too. Patient preferred to sit up rather than lie flat down.

Sadly, the guy's appendix was perfectly normal when removed... and the pain continued well afterward. I have no idea what happened to him, to this day.

Good, and officially since the morbidity/mortality rate is so high the surgeon is not liable for that appendectomy.
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