Auto-appendectomy in the Antarctic: case report -- Rogozov and Bermel 339: b4965 -- BMJ
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/339/dec15_1/b4965
"The Russian surgeon Leonid Rogozov’s self operation, undertaken without any other medical professional around, was a testament to determination and the will to life"
BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Banjo used in brain surgery
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7665747.stm
The Riddle of the Appendix - New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/09/science/09case.html?ei=5090&emc=rss&en=3040a92e0f5a9848&ex=1281240000&partner=rssuserland
"I was grateful that we have not only inherited a danger-prone appendix, but a brain that can invent surgery."