1.   Surgeons use a laser with a beam measuring less than the width of a human hair.

2.   The surgeon uses the tiny camera to guide the surgical instruments in freeing the kidney.

3.   Among other things, surgeons are also using it to ensure they remove breast tumors completely without taking healthy tissue.

4.   At Mass. General, however, surgeons used a combination of conventional radiation, surgery, and the intra-operative beam to destroy the tumor.

5.   At the New York University Medical Center, surgeons are already using it to perform valve replacements and multiple-vessel bypass operations.

6.   But because the long-term growth potential of donated trachea is not known, surgeons use an oversized trachea just to be sure.

7.   Does your eye surgeon use a state-of-the-art microkeratome, the instrument used to create the corneal flap?

8.   Engineering advances have allowed reconstructive surgeons to use increasingly light and strong titanium plates and screws to repair deformities arising from bone problems.

9.   Fixing farsightedness is a little tricker, as the surgeon must use the laser to trim around the center of the cornea to make it steeper.

10.   Genzyme maintains its HAL products could also be used by surgeons following gynecological, cardiac and orthopedic surgeries and has begun clinical trials in those areas.