11.   Surgery should only be considered if primary endoscopic treatment fails.

12.   Previous gastric surgery was uncommon in all three groups and showed no significant difference.

13.   Previous gastric surgery was not a feature of our tumour group as has been suggested by previous studies.

14.   The likelihood of such a recurrence can be reduced by combining the operation with devascularisation of the upper stomach, although prolonged surgery may be undesirable in these patients.

15.   In the individual patient, separating symptoms attributable to an active inflammatory process from those of chronic fibrotic strictures may determine whether surgery is appropriate.

16.   On the other hand, in patients who have previously undergone CABG, repeat surgery is often a very risky and unattractive proposition.

17.   His surgery was simply one of the little stone cottages.

18.   The surgery is a new base for five doctors who have moved out of the adjacent Netherton Health Centre.

19.   All three doctors agreed that surgery was the best course.

20.   Although surgery is the only treatment, not everyone with cataracts needs surgery, said Obstbaum, who is director of ophthalmology at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York.