In addition to the high cost of surgical treatment, fear of surgery and concerns about the resulting scars and possible amputations may also prevail.

除外科手术治疗的高费用外，害怕外科手术和担忧由此产生的疤痕及可能截肢也可普遍流行。

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Most insurance companies do not cover the cost of refractive surgery.

但大多数保险公司却并不支付屈光手术的费用。

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He believes that a combination of economies of scale and specialisation can radically reduce the cost of heart surgery.

他相信规模经济与专业化相结合能够从根本上消减心脏手术的费用。

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But last year, Freeman had a heart attack. He was told surgery in his hometown of Reno,Nevada, would cost close to $120,000.

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"The whole ISTC initiative appears to be driven by political expediency to reduce the waiting lists, without regard to the quality of surgery and the cost to patients, " they said.

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Odd, because it certainly seems like the cost of bypass surgery a few years down the road would outweigh the relatively meager cost of this test, but such is the logic of the industry.

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The firm, entitled HelpMeSee, has two missions: to provide direct funding to surgeons in the developing world for low-cost lens replacement surgeries performed on cataract blind adults and children, and to train 30 thousand cataract specialists in the developing world a low-cost, cost effective surgery using virtual reality simulators and courseware adapted from aviation training.

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