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If the base is friable or gangrenous, it can be left open and secured by inversion and cecal purse string suture. The stump should not be both ligated and inverted because of the risk of mucocoele and leaving a cecal mass that might later be mistaken for a tumor.      

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The appendix is passed off the field along with attached contaminated instruments.       

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After local irrigation and checking the mesentery for hemostasis, the peritoneum is closed with continuous absorbable 4-0 suture material.       

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