11.   At the time, her surgeons said the operation had succeeded, but they left open the long-term prognosis.

12.   Both surgeons said they have received no funding from Abiomed and own no stock in the company.

13.   A tiny cache of the most essential drugs was under lock and key in the anesthesiology department for operations that were absolutely essential, the surgeon said.

14.   After Favaloro, a little-known surgeon, had announced his results, two prominent surgeons said they had already performed the procedure.

15.   All the surgeons said that a cancer recurrence, even a local one, is physically and emotionally devastating for most patients.

16.   But another surgeon said it was the custom in India to use several names and that the films were the correct ones for the patient on the operating table.

17.   But his surgeon said the location and direction of his tear made it slightly easier to repair and less likely to cause lasting damage.

18.   But new instruments can virtually immobilize the artery while the heart beats, surgeons say.

19.   But many surgeons say that the operations work much better than they would predict, judging from just the physical changes made to the stomach and intestine.

20.   But signs so far are promising, the surgeon said.