Appendicitis, flying

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marcusitreal@yahoo.it - 09 Jul 2005 10:34 GMT

Does anyone know how long after having surgery for an appendicitis it
is before it is safe to fly? (a 4 hour flight)

After asking doctors at the hospital answers ranged from 10 days to 5
weeks!

What is it about flying that makes it unsafe to fly after this surgery?

Thanks,

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Howard McCollister - 09 Jul 2005 13:19 GMT

> Does anyone know how long after having surgery for an appendicitis it
> is before it is safe to fly? (a 4 hour flight)
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>
> Thanks,

The biggest concern I would have is that there may be some degree of
hypercoagulability as a result of the infection and operation. The cramped
sitting position of a typical airliner could conceivably contribute to a
deep vein thrombosis and resultant pulmonary embolus, the risk being
exacerbated by the hypercoagulability. Fly first class and/or get up and
walk around every half hour and I doubt there would be any problem.

HMc

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Jeff - 09 Jul 2005 13:44 GMT

> Does anyone know how long after having surgery for an appendicitis it
> is before it is safe to fly? (a 4 hour flight)

Yeah, your surgeon. Call her office.

Jeff

> After asking doctors at the hospital answers ranged from 10 days to 5
> weeks!
>
> What is it about flying that makes it unsafe to fly after this surgery?
>
> Thanks,

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marcusitreal@yahoo.it - 09 Jul 2005 14:38 GMT

Thanks Jeff,

thats part of the problem, when we asked doctors, nurses etc at the
hospital - whom then apparently spoke to surgeons and or administrators
(??) - the answers we got back were in the range of 10 days to 5 weeks
which just seems an odd range.

It would be 2 weeks to the day when due to fly;

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