1.   But he held on, and the surgery began.

2.   Doctors caution, however, that robotic surgery has barely begun.

3.   Just as surgeries began to repair and improve her physical front, work to fit her with implant dentures was halted after she became ineligible for Medicaid.

4.   Only his eyes and forehead remained when the marathon surgery began.

5.   The surgery began by removing the small muscles from the severed hand, reducing the chance of a toxin release or infection, the surgeon said.

6.   The senior surgeon stepped in to salvage the botched operation, and because the surgery had just begun, managed to keep her entire clitoris intact.

7.   The woman was in the hospital waiting for surgery to begin to remove a cancerous tumor from her breast.

8.   The Interfax News Agency reported that the surgery had begun and Yeltsin had transferred his powers to Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin.

9.   The spokesman said surgery began shortly after midnight, CST, and took less than an hour.

10.   After the payment was settled, doctors administered anaesthesia and moments later found Hossain dead on the operation table before surgery could begin.