Example Sentences
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"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
Usually doctors try to find out more about someone's cancer by surgically extracting cells directly from a tumour in the body.
From BBC
Vonn and her surgically repaired right knee had come out of retirement specifically for one last shot at Olympic glory in Cortina.
The 41-year-old ski star with a surgically repaired right knee and without a functioning ACL in her left will begin the race as a legitimate contender to win a medal.
But Vonn careened into the fence last Friday and revealed on Tuesday that she had torn the ACL in her left knee—the one that wasn’t surgically repaired.
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