"If you ask a real good cardiac surgeon to name the top three heart surgeons of all time, they'll have trouble naming the other two, " he said.

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Three highly experienced surgeons gave their verdicts on the visits.

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Patients typically leave the hospital after this procedure -- first approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2003 -- in two or three days, according to the American Academy of Ortophaedic Surgeons.

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The three sisters had dozens of trips to doctors, dentists, surgeons and physical therapists during their six weeks in the Charlotte area.

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Three weeks after she was born, surgeons at Cincinnati Children's patched the hole in her diaphragm with Gore-Tex.

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Because of that, Franzon said, three weeks after she arrived at Stanford, surgeons had to amputate her left hand and some of the fingers on right hand.

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