1.   Also, laparoscopic surgery requires practice and skill that only a small number of colon cancer surgeons have acquired.

2.   And traditionally, open heart surgery has required about one or two pints of blood, and hip surgery has needed about four pints.

3.   Angioplasty requires placement of an inflatable balloon in a closed-up artery, and bypass surgery requires grafting another blood vessel on to the diseased artery.

4.   Best of all, the surgery requires no incisions and the patient can go home after only a few hours.

5.   By contrast, angioplasty requires placement of an inflatable balloon in a closed-up artery and bypass surgery requires grafting another blood vessel onto the diseased artery.

6.   Doctors have said that radiation treatments might well be an out-patient procedure, while surgery could require him to take up to three weeks off from work.

7.   Hanging up, she explained that nasal surgery required close scrutiny.

8.   Laparoscopic surgery requires more training than conventional surgery, and is routinely used by orthopedists, gynecologists and, to a lesser degree, general surgeons.

9.   Open heart surgery requires surgeons to actually cut down on the overgrown muscle.

10.   Surgery does require time for healing the muscles and skin that have been cut, and it can pose risks of post-operative infections and other complications.