Third of women who enter theatre end up having the normal appendix removed, study finds.

Axar.az reports citing the Guardian that thousands of people in the UK, particularly young women, are having their appendices removed unnecessarily because of inadequacies in the way appendicitis is diagnosed, surgeons say.

A study has found that almost a third of women and 12% of men in the UK who undergo surgery for suspected appendicitis end up having a normal appendix removed.

Appendicectomies are the UK’s most common emergency operation; the team behind the researchers estimate there are about 80,000 hospital admissions a year for suspected appendicitis in people aged 16 to 45. However, the study suggests, about 5,500 people a year have a normal appendix removed.