OPERATIVE NOTE EXCERPT:
"The appendix was identified at the base of the cecum. It was greatly distended, injected, erythematous with some filling attachments to the surrounding fatty tissue and sidewall of the abdomen. These were broken and taken down bluntly. The base of the appendix was soft and the remainder of the appendix was distended and firm. A window was made at the base of the appendix and a blue load EndoGIA stapler was then used to divide the appendix from the cecum. Two fires of a white load were then used to divide the mesoappendix. There was some bleeding from the appendiceal artery which was controlled with 5 mm clips and cautery. Once hemostasis was confirmed, the area was irrigated, suctioned dry both in the pelvis, right pericolic gutter and over the liver."