1.   The latest is an outpatient procedure with a new gizmo that removes throat tissues with radio frequencies.

2.   The tiny device is surgically implanted in an outpatient procedure within the eye, just outside the field of vision.

3.   The hope is that an outpatient procedure under local anaesthaesia might be achieved with this procedure, with preservaton of the gall bladder.

4.   The dilatation was done in most patients as an outpatient procedure.

5.   An outpatient procedure, Somnoplasty requires only a local anesthetic and a treatment takes about a half-hour.

6.   Cataract surgery is an outpatient procedure in which the affected lens is removed and, in most cases, is replaced by a plastic one.

7.   First, the quick, outpatient procedure for implanting the KeraVision Ring is reversible.

8.   For these reasons, the PSA often requires follow-up testing with ultrasound, X-rays and a surgical biopsy, which are usually outpatient procedures.

9.   Here, the surgery is a quicker, outpatient procedure.

10.   In uncomplicated cases, outpatient procedures can be just as safe as inpatient surgery, and they are less expensive, health maintenance executives say.