1. The surgical procedure was originally developed in Russia to help patients with legs disfigured by accidents or birth defects such as dwarfism.
2. At present it is the most common surgical procedure among women of childbearing age.
3. The poor peasant couple took the boy to a local hospital, where they learned that he needed a surgical procedure that could not be done locally.
4. The procedure is generally not considered to be surgical since it does not involve major incisions or stitches.
5. Xenotransplantation is a surgical procedure in which tissue or whole organs are transferred from one species to another.