The appendix is a small organ attached to the colon that resembles a worm ... enough impact on immune function for appendix removal to have potentially lasting consequences.

Patients found to have colon cancers immediately or subsequently after appendectomy were included and analyzed. Results: A total of 1873 patients were diagnosed as having appendicitis of whom 16 ...

my appendix. "I had to have a full hysterectomy, so I had to lose my ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus, womb. "They took part of my liver, part of my small bowel, rejoined my colon, scraped my ...