1.   He survived the surgery, and I cautiously began to pose questions.

2.   Another is the need to determine the cause of recent internal bleeding, a problem that could jeopardize his chances of surviving surgery.

3.   But the dog survived the surgery to remove the drugs, and on Saturday a suspect was arrested when he came to the airport to pick her up.

4.   But the man did not survive surgery because he developed uncontrolled bleeding.

5.   Decades of scientific evidence shows that patients are more likely to survive surgery and suffer fewer complications at hospitals that perform large numbers of these operations.

6.   Extreme fatness makes patients so much less likely to survive surgery that many doctors refuse to operate until they slim.

7.   He survived surgery at Indiana Medical Center where doctors removed tumors from his brain and lungs.

8.   He survived heart surgery two years ago, altered his diet, and feels better than ever.

9.   His ruddy complexion and firmer speech patterns suggested that Yeltsin has survived his surgery without major complications.

10.   In two other cases, Dr. Zisk operated despite warnings that his patients were too fragile to survive surgery.