1.   Instead of performing surgery to biopsy a swollen lymph node in the neck, doctors often insert a thin needle to remove tissue for later examination under a microscope.

2.   Yurvati said performing surgery on such a well-known celebrity was somewhat stressful.

3.   Arbit will have to be supervised while performing surgery and will be on probation for three years.

4.   Arbit has since been suspended from performing surgery at Memorial Sloan-Kettering.

5.   Barbers and midwives, who are the traditional practitioners, face prosecution if caught on charges of performing surgery without a medical license.

6.   Manila newspapers Saturday quoted Health Secretary Jaime Galvez Tan as saying there are doctors in Manila capable of performing surgery for the eye ailment.

7.   Manila newspapers quoted Health Secretary Jaime Galvez Tan as saying there are doctors in Manila who are capable of performing surgery for the eye ailment.

8.   Viktor Yazykov of Russia made headlines by performing surgery on his infected elbow, using E-mail instructions from a Boston doctor.