If you have a spare 20 minutes, this is an interesting use case for the twisted routes science often takes in pursuit of truth. It describes appendicitis and related treatments. Did you know appendix is *not* a vestigial organ after all?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrWSylKy50w
(FWIW, I had an open surgery appendictomy when i was 10, and I've never had complications)