"She was born premature and has had multiple operations," said Desiree's nurse, Lois Weston.
Some women have multiple operations but remain incontinent because their cases are complex and surgeons are inexperienced.
Mr. Sharon has had multiple operations at the hospital, but he has not regained consciousness, and prospects for recovery are regarded as extremely slim.
While repeated professional exposure is the most common precipitant of latex anaphylaxis, sometimes patients who have had multiple operations are also at risk.
She had already had multiple operations for the scarring, but her doctors concentrated on the difficult work of repairing her eyelids and later on an operation that would improve her sight.
Luckily she was transferred to the MSF hospital in Amman, where she had multiple operations to reattach the ligaments in her legs and to transfer tissue from other parts of her body.
The patient, a slender middle-aged woman who'd had multiple operations and radiation for a cancer in her belly several years earlier, was struggling with nausea and vomiting again.
Punter Rodney Williams has had multiple operations on his right wrist, and after the insertion of dozens of screws and plates, he will probably never regain the range of motion he had before his wrist was shattered in a game last season.
Twenty-three of these patients had multiple operations before the staged arthroplasty (21 patients had debridements, 1 had a revision of fixation, 1 had subtrochanteric valgus osteotomy and 2 had removal of their metal work).
(As Takeuchi and I compare notes, I explain that I was in and out of hospital a lot as a kid, having had multiple operations. "I've done everything in my power since to avoid going back," I say. "Yeah, I know what you mean," he replies, "I hate it").
