Hi. I am a 53 y/o female. I had bladder suspension surgery, using ligaments to attach to my pubic bone. I never felt right after surgery. 2 days later I was in severe pain and went to the ER. I was told i had acute appendicites and had to have an appendectomy. my wbc when from 7 to 17 and i was not having any symptoms of any appendicix or any symptoms before my bladder surgery. I was told that it was just bad luck by my surgeon. Have you ever heard of anything like this before?
helloAppendicitis is a chance coincidence to develop in this period and is possible even had you not undergone bladder surgery, it is absolutely unrelated to bladder surgery. Appendix is a small organ situated at the junction of small bowel and cecum, a part of large bowel, and gets inflamed due to many other reasons, bladder is in lower abdomen. Sometimes, if abnormal position of appendix congenitally is present in the pelvis, then chances for its infection may happen very rarely in suspension surgery of urinary bladder. The pelvic position of appendix is hardly less than even 1% of cases, if I am not mistaken. So have faith in your treating surgeon best wishes