31.   In the meantime, new surgical techniques show promise for better symptom control, especially for tremors.

32.   It is replete with historical oopsies, such as the speedy surgical techniques of one Dr. Robert Liston, of University College Hospital in London.

33.   It sounds confusing, but practicing laparoscopic surgical technique is much safer this way.

34.   Moller presented the information at the American Heart Association meeting in Atlanta and said improvements are partly due to better medications and surgical techniques.

35.   No longer do doctors rush to perform a surgical technique called dilation and curettage to treat irregular or heavy menstrual bleeding during menopause.

36.   Now newer surgical techniques have made the operation safer.

37.   Other projects underwritten by the foundation included research into the use of lasers to improve surgical techniques and projects in oceanography, pharmacology and genetics.

38.   Rarely did all embryos implant and grow into fetuses because the laboratory and surgical techniques were still in their infancy.

39.   Still, glaucoma specialists say the technique provides an alternative for cases in which medicines are ineffective and other surgical techniques fail or are too risky.

40.   Stitching a band of artificial muscle to your eyeball sounds drastic, but Shahinpoor says the necessary surgical techniques are already commonly used for treating detached retinas.