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Egg freezing involves stimulating the ovaries with hormone injections before mature eggs are surgically retrieved and preserved for possible future use through in vitro fertilization.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
Skubal is a tremendous postseason pitcher, with a 2.04 ERA in six starts, but will his surgically repaired left elbow survive through his third postseason?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
The surgery has long been based on the idea that knee pain, especially on the inner side, is caused by a meniscus tear that can be fixed surgically.
From Science Daily ● May 6, 2026
Then again, Dossett, who was dying of cancer, also had a morphine pump surgically implanted in his chest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
There’s a tear in it, and we need to surgically remove it before infection sets in.
From "Booked" by Kwame Alexander
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