surgeon
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"It's a precise guide for the surgeon during the operation, and then a targeted clean-up treatment afterward."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
Dr. Aaron Rollins, a celebrity plastic surgeon who was building a home on the island, got frustrated after four years of failed efforts to receive membership to the club.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Their father, David, who played football at Dartmouth and became an orthopedic surgeon, welcomed the competition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
The Glasgow MP and kidney transplant surgeon told the BBC some elements of the transplant system were "world leading", such as being free at the point of care.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
It will inspire an English surgeon named Joseph Lister to try performing surgery in sterile conditions that exclude or kill all microorganisms.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
That makes complete surgical removal extremely challenging because surgeons must avoid damaging healthy areas of the brain.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
Rhys Hibbert, a father-of-two from Bedfordshire, could have lost his sight without the operation, said surgeons at University College London Hospital.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
She underwent a second surgery the day after that, with surgeons removing most of the tumour during a 10-hour procedure, where it was confirmed to be a pilocytic astrocytoma.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
Elevance says plastic surgeons seek $100,000 on average for breast reduction surgeries, while its in-network providers are paid $2,000 to $5,000 on average.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Yet even surgeons who believed they were following Lister's guidelines were still exposing patients to germs.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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