Need Your Appendix Out? Let Me Reach Down Your Throat (2/2)

The operation at the University of California San Diego Medical Center in March lasted three hours. It was done as part of a study to test new methods of minimally invasive surgery. Santiago Horgan, director of UC San Diego's Center for the Future of Surgery, led the medical team.

Doctors used a long robotic tube to pass the instrument down the patient's throat. Then they made a cut in the wall of the stomach. The cut was made to pass the instrument through to the appendix for removal.

The researchers said they believed it was the country's first removal of a diseasedappendix through the mouth. They said India was the only other country to report such an operation. The patient in California, named Jeff Scholz, said he recovered quickly and with little pain.

But some doctors say they are not sure this kind of surgery is worth the possible risks. They say stomach fluids could leak if the hole in the stomach wall is not closed completely. A mistake, they say, could be life-threatening.The surgical method is still being studied to see if it is better than traditional surgeries.

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三月，这个在加州大学圣迭哥医学中心进行的手术持续了3个小时。该手术作为测试新型微创手术新方法研究的一部分。加州大学圣地亚哥中心未来手术部主任Santiago Horgan领导该医疗小组。

医生利用一个长的机械软管将器械送入患者喉部，然后在胃壁处开一个口。这个口是运送设备和移除阑尾的必经之处。

研究人员表示他们认为这是美国首例经口腔切除病变阑尾的手术，国外只有印度有此类手术的报道。这位来自加州名为杰夫 斯库兹的病人说他康复的很快且几乎没有疼痛的烦恼。

但有些医生并不确定值得做这种手术（因为有）潜在的危险他们说，如果胃壁没有完全闭合，胃液可能会漏出。一个失误，他们说，都可能是威及生命的。这种手术方法仍处于研究阶段，是否优于传统手术还有待调查。

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