The specter that can haunt such cases is brain damage, which the surgeons can't repair.

Last February a surgeon repaired the damage caused by the repetitive raising and lowering of engine hoods.

Most surgeons repair a cleft palate between 9 months to 1 year before the child develops faulty speech habits.

Only six weeks earlier, a surgeon in Minneapolis repaired Pagliarulo's right eardrum.

If a hernia is present, the surgeon can repair both sides during the same operation.

This can be repaired, more easi-ly than any surgeon could possibly repair it.

The surgeon can repair four to five vessels on the beating heart during the same procedure.

Most surgeons will not repair the hernia until 5-6 years after the baby is born.

Two days later, surgeons repaired her hip in a hospital after the ship arrived in Seattle.

Cardiac surgeons can also repair or replace faulty heart valves.