31.   Doctors initially removed the ventilator Wednesday, allowing the man to chat with family and draw unaided breaths.

32.   Doctors now usually remove the gallbladder with a few small incisions in the abdomen, using a technique that is safer and less expensive than the old procedure.

33.   Doctors removed shrapnel from Sidr and bandaged his face.

34.   Doctors removed the bullet and he miraculously left the hospital a day later.

35.   Doctors routinely remove the lymph nodes around the armpit in case breast cancer has spread to them.

36.   Doctors would remove stem cells from her body, cells that live primarly in bone marrow and spawn other essential cells.

37.   During the emergency surgery, doctors also removed from his lower leg a blood clot, which formed because of the arterial damage.

38.   During surgery, doctors removed a small sample of what they believed to be the tumor.

39.   During surgery, the doctors removed one kidney but were unable to remove the bullet.

40.   Doctors later removed a subdural hematoma blood clot from the left side of his brain, leaving Gatling with slurred speech and temporary paralysis on his right side.