Comparable figures for 1948 are not available but the figures for the end of 1949 were 96 non-surgical and 6,457 surgical.
It states that the increases of 971 in the number of non-surgical cancer consultants will be achieved by 2006.
The most common form of heart surgery, revascularisation, is carried out either by open-heart surgery (a bypass operation) or by balloon angioplasty, a non-surgical procedure.
The new drugs are nearly always more expensive than the older ones; surgical treatment is always more expensive than non-surgical treatment.
Palliation by non-surgical means is therefore preferable.
Finally, some of the women indicated that they used beauty work interventions, specifically non-surgical cosmetic procedures, in order to be more competitive in the work world.
This woman began to use various non-surgical and surgical cosmetic procedures in an effort to feel more attractive and to retain the interest of her partner.
This effect has not been reported in studies of non-surgical treatment methods.
