“…Researchers sharing this opinion believe that this approach could decrease postoperative complications, as a clean surgery is not converted to a clean-contaminated one. Besides, the appendix could be used, in the future, for replacement of the extra-hepatic biliary tract, urinary diversion or appendicostomy (Malone procedure) (9,33). Furthermore, during appendicectomy, surgical manipulations in the base of the caecum could increase the recurrence rate of the inguinal hernia, due to detachment in the deep inguinal ring (32).…”