31.   Forward Todd Ramasar is out three months following shoulder surgery.

32.   Given intravenously to patients following surgery for clogged arteries, the drug helps prevent heart attacks from blood clots.

33.   Gash, sporting a cast around his right wrist following surgery to repair torn ligament three weeks ago, said he had a productive meeting with Grier.

34.   Greg Vaughn will be restricted to d.h. duties for at least half the season following rotator cuff surgery.

35.   He died of a stroke following heart surgery, said a friend, G. Peter Schieferdecker.

36.   He also forgets that he was doing pizza commercials a few months after he was back on the air following the surgery.

37.   He died from complications following heart surgery in mid-December, his daughter Elizabeth Alderman said.

38.   It was thought that when fullback Tony Carter returned to the lineup following knee surgery, things would change.

39.   Jamal Anderson, the running back who led the Falcons into the Super Bowl last season, is out for the season following knee surgery.

40.   Jerry Lindahl, of Roseville, Minn., left, and Conrad, help a patient following her surgery in Zhangye, a town in Gansu.