The actual surgery was performed in the middle of the night by his resident.

Most cases do not involve actual surgery although some practitioners make real incisions.

Each of the children in the group would soon be in the operating room, not as part of the visit but for actual surgery.

Children who wish to do so may take the wagon ride up for their actual surgery.

The outcome from the actual surgery is good.

I imagine I'll be out of action for a week or so following each round of actual surgery.

For some patients, the lengthy rehabilitation period may be more difficult to deal with than the actual surgery.

The actual surgery may take about 30 to 90 minutes.

The actual surgery involved many steps, each of which can be difficult in itself in such small children.

Once the routine experiments were out of the way it did not take long for the actual surgery.