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Secondary outcomes were clinical symptoms and diagnostics as well as histopathological analysis.<\/jats:p><jats:p>This is a single-center retrospective data analysis conducted at a tertiary perinatal center. A digital search of the hospital record archive was conducted focusing on pregnant women beyond 24 0\/7 weeks of pregnancy encoding appendectomy. Descriptive statistical analysis was performed.<\/jats:p><jats:p>Between January 2013 and January 2023, a total of 20 appendectomies were performed during pregnancy with gestational age beyond 24 0\/7 weeks of pregnancy. All of them were performed as lower midline laparotomy. The rate of appendix perforation was 3\/20 (15.0%). 19\/20 patients (95.0%) delivered via cesarean. In 7\/20 patients (35.0%) appendectomy was performed during cesarean delivery due to incidental finding of irritated or abnormal vermiform appendix. In the pathological work-up, only 2\/7 (28.6%) of these subjects had inflammation.<\/jats:p><jats:p>In this small monocentric cohort, only open appendectomies were performed. Our data indicate that it is safe to perform open appendectomy during pregnancy if necessary. 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