11.   It is hard for this man who survived heart surgery just a few months ago to understand the disregard for life that led to the shooting.

12.   Later, with Libby semiconscious and the strength she needed to survive surgery waning, her family agreed to the amputations that were necessary to save her life.

13.   Klug did not know if he would survive the surgery, if he would ever have a normal life even if he made it.

14.   McGinnis bought Russian stocks as shares tumbled earlier this week on worries that Yeltsin might not survive heart surgery.

15.   She survived heart surgery this spring.

16.   The author had no reason to believe that her husband, Elliot, would not survive prostate surgery, and yet he inexplicably died in the recovery room.

17.   Two of the four have survived heart surgery and three have already retired once.

18.   Your chances of surviving heart surgery depend largely on where the operation is performed.

19.   A brain scan revealed that the ailing infant had a pellet in his brain, and the baby survived surgery to remove it.

20.   But doctors found that she would also need a liver transplant, and determined that she was too weak to survive the surgery.