For the minority of obese people who are surgical candidates, the operation can turn their lives around.

The dog was healthy and a good surgical candidate (what a funny phrase), so nothing was likely to go wrong, she reasoned.

It is not recommended to use alvimopan in surgical candidates for correction of a complete bowel obstruction.

Thus far, four trigger areas have been identified as surgical candidates.

With few exceptions, they are not surgical candidates.

Its use is primarily in patients who are not surgical candidates due to medical comorbidities.

In the elderly, patients with co-morbidities and in poor surgical candidates, this is especially useful.

The patient was clearly a high-risk surgical candidate because of his medical problems.

Severe cardiopulmonary diseases or other conditions which may make them poor surgical candidates in general.

The 5-year survival rate after successful surgery is 50-60%, but unfortunately, a large percentage of patients are not surgical candidates.