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>We could virtually eliminate appendicitis if we just performed appendectomies at 10 years old. Laparoscopic appendectomies are very safe after all... an outpatient procedure. Like getting wisdom teeth pulled.
Yea sure, but... I still have my wisdom teeth in my 40s. It's not for everyone. Preventative medicine is great and all, but when the conditions you're performing surgery to prevent are so mild, infrequent, and/or easily treatable... what's the point of surgery? Acute appendicitis affects genpop at a rate of ~10% - so way higher risk than any conditions that may arise from forgoing circumcision. Yet we're not handing out free appendectomies... why?