Most pairs make it back to the barn for minor surgery: new ankle padding, a sole or an eyelet.
At this rate, soon we'll be offered a plan where the premium doesn't rise but you perform your own minor surgery at home.
She is now in hospital, waiting for minor surgery on her leg.
It can involve everything running outpatient appointments and minor surgery in the community to improving the support and rehabilitation available to patients when they are discharged from hospital.
But while it is easy to compare the efficacy of, say, Viagra, with that of a dummy pill, it is harder to come up with a placebo to prove the worth of such things as minor surgery.
Gabby Zakuani will not be involved as he continues his recovery from groin surgery, while Lee Frecklington underwent minor knee surgery over the weekend.
Horan is back in action after spending two months out following minor heart surgery.
He was taken to hospital in Prague on 12 January 2009, with an unspecified inflammation, and developed breathing difficulties after undergoing minor throat surgery.
Williams, who recently had minor foot surgery, took control of the title match from 2-2 in the opener, winning seven games in a row.
His absence leaves the Gunners short in attack, with Nicklas Bendtner sidelined until mid-December following minor groin surgery and Theo Walcott nursing a knee ligament problem.
When someone has minor outpatient surgery in a hospital, payment includes the cost to cover the procedure, plus an extra few thousand dollars in so-called facility fees.
Fish underwent minor heart surgery earlier in the year, to correct problems with the electrical connections in his chest, and has been struggling to regain full fitness.
After saying in August that an operation would help him "get back to my best", Gay underwent "minor" surgery on Friday on both sides of his groin in Philadelphia.
Ferris was a member of the Ireland U21 squad that participated in the World Cup in Argentina in 2005, but missed selection for last summer's Churchill Cup as he remained at home for minor ankle surgery.
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We don't have even adequate materials, equipments, drugs, or the simplest things we need in our work, or even proper theatres for minor or major surgery or enough emergency staff.
The stand-off was undergoing routine surgery for minor cartilage damage when he technically died for 30 seconds after being given an anaesthetic.
Dr Morton said patients would then be "signposted" to the most appropriate service, whether an emergency ambulance or minor treatment at a GP surgery.
These centres will offer day surgery to patient waiting for minor operations.
Privately insured patients with minor issues may have better access to surgery.
Mattingly said 3B Hanley Ramirez (right thumb surgery) threw much better than three days ago and could begin a minor league rehab assignment next week.
New York 1B Mark Teixeira (wrist) hit several long homers on curveballs off a pitching machine at the Yankees' minor league complex in Tampa, Fla. 3B Alex Rodriguez, coming back from hip surgery in January, is hitting off a tee and swinging at soft toss flips in a batting cage as he wraps up his second week of baseball activities.
The surgery had sent about 30 letters out to patients offering them the option of getting minor treatments, such as mole removals, done privately.
However, although this is significant when assessed in the light of a very minor operation, the extra risk is very small in comparison to the higher overall risk of major surgery like a heart bypass.
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