Some doctors favor traditional open surgery, while others prefer the newer methods.

If it's done by traditional surgery, the death rate is almost 10%.

The French doctors said traditional surgery could not have salvaged the woman's face.

"The total cost of traditional surgery was $30,000," he said.

Since we didn't treat with traditional surgery, no bridges were burned," he says.

The advantage of arthroscopy over traditional open surgery is that the joint does not have to be opened up fully.

Recovery usually is faster and less painful than after traditional open surgery.

The materials contrast the Brown technique with more traditional surgery, which requires stitches.

But traditional surgery is still the best choice in certain cases.

But this method has not been found to have an advantage over traditional surgery.