1.   Three patients underwent successful liver transplantation and two others died of hepatic failure while awaiting transplant surgery.

2.   He awaits surgery for a painful esophagus condition.

3.   He recently arrived in Macedonia and on Wednesday was lying in a clinic at a refugee camp, awaiting surgery to have a bullet removed from his buttock.

4.   He is assassinated by being sealed in a water-filled plastic Baggie while awaiting surgery to remove the sweat glands from his upper lip.

5.   Idris was lying in a Khartoum hospital where she is one of dozens of women awaiting surgery for obstetric fistula.

6.   Instead, the premier prospect in the organization is awaiting arthroscopic surgery and is worried that his promising career is in jeopardy.

7.   Last time he did, the car door smacked into his hip and he was back in the hospital awaiting more surgery.

8.   Relief pitcher Derek Wallace remained hospitalized while awaiting surgery to repair an aneurysm in his right shoulder.

9.   The alleged shooter is in serious condition at Sharp Memorial Hospital, where he was awaiting surgery.