What open procedure involves creating a McBurney incision?

a. Femoral hernia repair
b. Appendectomy
c. Left upper lobe resection
d. Modified mastectomy


ANS: B
The open abdominal approach involves a muscle-splitting incision in the right lower quadrant, over McBurney's point.

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