11.   Surgery would have required cutting away everything from her thighs inward, up toward her bladder, vagina, and rectum.

12.   The gist of the meeting was that such a surgery requires four months of recovery time.

13.   The MemoryLens can be folded and inserted with a much smaller incision, and the surgery requires a shorter time to heal than rigid implants, company officials said.

14.   The surgery also requires fewer instruments and fewer blood units.

15.   The surgery would require about three months to heal.

16.   The surgery required Mankin to screw all of the parts together.

17.   The surgery would require six months to heal, which would put Furcal back in time for spring training next season.

18.   At the time, hernia surgery required full anesthesia and was followed by six to eight weeks of bed rest.

19.   The surgery did not require wiring the jaw, and the former champion in four weight classes is able to talk.

20.   Timing is important, since the surgery requires between four and six months of recovery.