Appendicitis treatment usually includes surgery to remove the appendix, called an appendectomy (ah-pen-DEK-toe-me). In many cases, this surgery will take place shortly after a child is diagnosed. Our surgery team usually performs more than 300 appendicitis surgeries each year, making it the most common emergency surgery at Seattle Children’s.
Our surgeons are specially trained in pediatric surgery, which means they understand children’s needs and how their bodies are different from adult bodies.