The doctors performed surgery to determine the extent of the tear, and the surgery revealed that it was not torn at all, but merely strained.

The surgery revealed that a bone chip suffered several years earlier had torn ligaments.

Later surgery revealed that his appendix had already burst.

The arthroscopic surgery revealed damage to the ligament reconstruction, and further surgery might be required.

He did not know Mr. Reeve's prognosis, he said, and the surgery revealed nothing more about the extent of the injury.

The surgery reveals the benign tumor that House suspected.

In rare cases, a hysterectomy becomes necessary when the surgery reveals that the uterus is too overgrown with fibroids for a safe myomectomy.

The surgery revealed a parasistic infection that quickly led to a diagnosis of AIDS.

Explorative surgery did not locate a hernia but revealed varicosities of the round ligament.

Exploratory surgery revealed a growing brain tumor.