The surgical process this time was challenging, requiring a number of procedures.

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Physicians prescribe the recommended medication about 69 percent of the time, follow appropriate lab-testing recommendations about 62 percent of the time and follow appropriate surgical guidelines 57 percent of the time.

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At the time, surgical removal was the only option for curing TB.

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While she will have to review her surgical options when the time comes, "it does sound like the minimally invasive option would be the best, " she said.

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However, with the new clinical data, Intuitive Surgical may have a hard time promoting the use of its system for hysterectomies.

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Efforts to promote 3-D printing for surgical purposes come at a time when the technology is evolving faster, drawing renewed attention in the media and generating buzz among consumers world-wide.

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More likely he saw it, at the time, as a surgical strike to target Plaid Cymru over what Labour has marked out as Plaid's weakness over job creation and the economy.

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Most bunion surgeries take between six and 12 weeks for recovery, and often include time on crutches and in surgical shoes or boots, doctors say.

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This may involve surgical repair of the muscle, and recuperative time may be up to 3-4 months.

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In 2010, residents of Quebec faced a median wait time of 18.8 weeks for surgical and other therapeutic treatments.

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At that time, he was treated for a lung infection and had a surgical procedure to remove gallstones.

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In my research on the Internet, I discovered another option that had not been well publicized, and certainly wasn't an option discussed by my doctors at that time ---- LRPS. Laproscopic radical prostatectomy surgery is a procedure using micro surgical instruments inserted in the body via a few small incisions.

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