41.   The Kings had hoped he would be able to avoid surgery by strengthening the muscles surrounding the knee and playing with a custom-fitted brace.

42.   The Kings had originally hoped he would be able to avoid surgery by strengthening the muscles surrounding the knee and playing with a custom-fitted brace.

43.   The Planned Parenthood Federation of America will soon begin testing medication-induced abortions, which could enable pregnant women seeking abortion to avoid surgery.

44.   The procedure has been shown to open vessels too narrow to reach with a balloon and may help some patients postpone or avoid bypass surgery, he said.

45.   To the tune of an Andean flute, a couple frolic on the beach, presumably having stared death in the face, avoided heart surgery, and thrived.

46.   Using a substance found in marine sponges from the Pacific Ocean, the goal was to develop a drug that could stop progession and thus avoid surgery.

47.   While Charles Oakley issued a ray of hope about avoiding surgery, Pat Riley issued a strong warning to anyone who has written off the Knicks.

48.   Why has she avoided recommended surgery to a damaged left shoulder?

49.   Garciaparra has said he has no regrets about trying to avoid surgery with rehabilitation, saying an operation should always be the last option.

50.   Garciaparra said he has no regrets about trying to avoid surgery with rehabilitation, saying an operation should always be the last option.