11.   McKimmie, who required surgery, could be necessary since Paul Mason, Lee Richardson and Gary Smith are all victims of flu.

12.   Already wracked by injuries, the Capitals learned left wing Chris Simon will require shoulder surgery, sidelining him for the season.

13.   Although the team physician, Dr. Norman Scott, said the injury will not require surgery, Ewing will wear a cast for six weeks.

14.   An existing alternative known as the rollerball technique, in which doctors actually cut away uterine lining, requires surgery and can only be done by specialists.

15.   And defenseman Jyrki Lumme was playing with a shoulder still so badly injured that he requires off-season surgery.

16.   An MRI revealed Butler has torn cartilage in his left shoulder that will likely require arthroscopic surgery and sideline him at least two months.

17.   And in most cases, giving drugs would not require the surgery that might be needed to implant cells grown from stem cells.

18.   And implanting the device no longer requires chest surgery.

19.   And like a patient requiring emergency surgery, the FHA turned to the Joint Center.

20.   And serious tears usually require surgery.