TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Appendix Surgery A1 - Irizarry, Dre A1 - Odom, Stephen A2 - Mazer, Laura M. A2 - Lagisetty, Kiran A2 - Butler, Kathryn L. Y1 - 2017 N1 - T2 - Pocket Journal Club: Essential Articles in General Surgery AB - Into the 18th century, descriptions of inflammatory diseases of the appendix appeared only as solitary case reports with conflicting nomenclature and an unclear natural history.1 Only in the mid-19th century, when nitrous oxide and chloroform anesthesia granted a degree of safety to laparotomy, did early operation for appendicitis gain favor.1 In contrast to these humble beginnings, appendectomy is now the most common emergency operation in the United States, with more than 300,000 appendectomies performed annually.2 SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1191195839 ER -