11.   This appears convincing since the Decline in mortality rates antedated for the most part the advent of efficacious pills and surgical procedures.

12.   Liposuction is a minor surgical procedure.

13.   A biopsy is usually a minor surgical procedure.

14.   Secondly, the improvement in lower oesophageal sphincter pressure could simply have been an artifact produced by the surgical procedure.

15.   In another study, prolonged oesophageal transit in a group of patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease persisted after a surgical antireflux procedure.

16.   Interpretation of the studies involving surgery is made very difficult by the problem of anatomical and functional changes caused by the surgical procedure itself.

17.   Those with previous history of diseases or surgical procedures capable of influencing the absorption of macro or micronutrients were also excluded from the study.

18.   An effective choice of emergency surgical procedure may require considerable surgical expertise.

19.   The major costof the surgical procedure relates to the operation itself and to the postoperative hospital stay.

20.   Matched sets of rats from each dietary group were prepared according to the surgical procedure described in the previous protocol.