11.   A police surgeon was also on standby for any emergencies.

12.   Surgeons were surprised that Daniel Kelly survived the assault, the High Court in Edinburgh heard yesterday.

13.   BRITISH eye surgeons are to carry out a pioneering implant operation which could mean short-sighted people throwing away their glasses.

14.   At least one orthopedic surgeon is skeptical.

15.   Berg cautions, though, that there probably are surgeons who have had to deal with rawhide-related problems.

16.   But because of a severe shortage of donors, surgeons are testing self-contained artificial hearts and other mechanical devices to keep patients alive until donor hearts become available.

17.   But even participating surgeons are cautious.

18.   But in fact, brain surgeons have been blind to much of the critical anatomy they are operating on -- until now.

19.   But many surgeons are uncomfortable operating without a machine on stand-by, in case the patient develops a potentially fatal problem.