1.   She was the doctor who led the surgical team.

2.   Surgeons and their surgical teams, dressed in watertight garb, also found the low temperatures more comfortable.

3.   The operation was performed by a surgical team led by Mr Alan Wood.

4.   The true incidence of this varies and is greatly influenced by the experience and skill of the surgical team.

5.   One of the members of the surgical team leaked the story to a fellow physician who, in turn, confided in a reporter.

6.   An independent investigator outside the surgical team was not used.

7.   An immediate surgical consultation was sought and the patient was managed jointly with the surgical team.

8.   The surgical team were scrubbed and in Theatre ready, but Andrew Barrett, the paediatrician, was waiting for them as they pulled up.