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Appendectomies no threat to fertility,says study

Getting an appendectomy doesn’t seem to hurt a woman’s chance of having babies,according to a new study that contradicts long-held beliefs among fertility experts. In fact,UK researchers found women who’d had their appendix removed were more likely to get pregnant later on than women who hadn’t had the common surgery. The procedure is one of the most common surgeries in the US and is usually done to treat appendicitis,a potentially life-threatening inflammation of the appendix. One in 14 people will have appendicitis at some point in their life. It most commonly occurs in young people age 10 to 30. Some reports had suggested that appendectomy itself might hurt a woman’s fertility,presumably because it could leave scar tissue sticking to the fallopian tubes,snagging the egg on its way to the uterus.