21.   Some surgeons are even using minimal incisions for repairs to the aorta, which is prone to developing aneurysms in the few inches near where it joins the heart.

22.   Still, he noted, surgeons may use the wafers more often anyway.

23.   Surgeons use a specific scale to draw a distinction between the two.

24.   Surgeons have used bone from his ribs to replace his jaw, which was blown off in the terrorist attack on the U.S. embassy nearly two weeks ago.

25.   Surgeons now use laparoscopic techniques to do most gallbladder operations and an increasing number of appendectomies.

26.   Surgeons sometimes use intestinal tissue to repair the bladder, but the results are not ideal.

27.   The authors said that the operation had not been standardized and that different surgeons were using different techniques, without a definitive answer as to which worked best.

28.   The break was so severe that Swiss surgeons used seven metal screws to attach a titanium rod to steady her tibia, the larger bone, as it heals.

29.   The orthopedic surgeon may use a section of the tendon that extends from the kneecap to the shin, commonly called a bone-tendon-bone graft.

30.   The RX robot has just completed a series of clinical trials in which German surgeons used it to replace diseased hip and knee joints.