One of the charges was conducting unnecessary operations to Buhmaid, which led to his death.

Like everyone else, surgeons are tormented by ambiguous test reports, whose cautious wording often forces them into an unnecessary operation.

Patients who were operated on between midnight and 6 am also had an increased rate of unnecessary operations (39/125, 31%).

When I'd suggest hysterectomy, the patient would say, "I don't want an unnecessary operation."

A locum consultant failed to spot the result of her earlier test and arranged for a totally unnecessary exploratory operation.

He heard numerous accounts of unnecessary operations and medical flaws, killing or permanently crippling prisoners.

But perhaps the best guardians against unnecessary operations are patients themselves.

First Fidelity's new chairman has weeded out unnecessary operations, pared costs and refocused the bank.

When the law was adopted, it was hailed as the first comprehensive effort in the nation to curb unnecessary operations.

But Saddam Hussein's decision to release his hostages made that operation unnecessary.