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Southern Cross Rotorua Hospital - Paediatric Surgery
Private Surgical Service, Paediatrics
Appendectomy
Laparoscopic: several small incisions (cuts) are made in the lower right abdomen and a narrow tube with a tiny camera attached (laparoscope) in inserted. This allows the surgeon a view of the appendix and, by inserting small surgical instruments through the other cuts, the appendix can be removed.