"But about 80 percent of patients with an inflamed appendix, commonly called appendicitis, don't need to have their appendix surgically removed, and those who ultimately do need the surgery aren't hurt by waiting, according to Salminen."
Sorry, mate, thats wrong. Back in 1969 I returned from the Ernest Giles Ranges, back to Wiluna, where i had drinkies with a guy from Carnegie Station, who used to drove on the Canning Stock Route, back when guys still got speared, and slept with a revolver under the saddle (pillow). Apart from spearings, the biggest cause of death was appendicitus.Weeks on horseback to medical care, they died from peritonotis, painfully. And they were tough men.
No, wont accept that appendicitis doesnt need immediate treatment. Peritonotis sets in, you're dead.
Remember a guy in Antarctica late 1950's who took his own appendix out via instructions through radio. Imagine that.
