Check this out.  Did you know that if you had to have your appendix taken out they could remove it through your mouth?  And no, it's not like coughing up a hairball.   I know, kind of gross at first blush, but it really all depends on your perspective and frame of mind.  I should think it beats the knife, and yes, you could absolutely pay for it from your Health Savings Account (HSA). 

So what's the point?  Besides the icky bleh face you just made and shivers on the back of your neckt from reading the above?  Alright, here goes.  Certain surgeries, when done through existing orifices, is far less invasive than being carved open (your thinking Thanksgiving, I know), which means