11.   Her four children and eight grandchildren dared not project ahead to Thanksgiving when surgeons were using words like aortic aneurysm, experimental procedure and risk of complication.

12.   In recent years, leeches have been used by surgeons to maintain blood flow to certain kinds of incisions as they heal.

13.   In this procedure, the surgeon uses a laser to drill small holes through the heart wall.

14.   In the most common gastric bypass, the surgeon uses staples or bands to create a small stomach pouch.

15.   In the conventional approach, surgeons use a bone saw to split the breastbone, or sternum, from top to bottom.

16.   Mitek makes a winged, titanium alloy bone implant that surgeons use as an anchor for tethering torn shoulder tissues back into place.

17.   Most surgeons use loupes while performing bypass operations.

18.   Sepracoat is a liquid version of an earlier FDA-approved drug, Seprafilm, which is used by surgeons to prevent post-surgical adhesions in the pelvis and abdomen.

19.   Sofamor Danek tried to convince a skeptical government panel that its spinal fusion cage is a safe addition to the tools surgeons can use in corrective spinal operations.

20.   Sofamor Danek tried to convince an expert government panel that its spinal fusion cage is a safe addition to the tools surgeons can use in corrective spinal operations.