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Although ACL injuries can be surgically repaired, roughly half of affected people develop osteoarthritis in the injured joint within about 15 years.
From Science Daily • Jun. 12, 2026
For a patient who has just had a tumor surgically removed, the critical question is whether every cancer cell is gone.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
Doctors told the family the tumour could not be surgically removed and Sienna has now begun an 18-month course of chemotherapy.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026
"However, the damage caused by HIF1 in tendon tissue can accumulate and become irreversible over time. Physiotherapy then no longer helps, and the only treatment at this moment is to surgically remove the diseased tendon."
From Science Daily • Feb. 12, 2026
Weismann had surgically excised the tails of five generations of mice, then bred the mice to determine if the offspring would be born tailless.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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