USS NEW ORLEANS, At Sea- Sailors assigned to Fleet Surgical Team (FST) 5 helped the medical team aboard the amphibious transport dock USS New Orleans (LPD 18) perform an emergency appendectomy while deployed, Dec. 22.
Three New Orleans crew members participated in the operation, which lasted a little more than an hour. The operation is the first such procedure for the ship's medical staff.“It can be a life threatening emergency if you don’t have the appendix removed in time,” said Lt.
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