Mr. Heifetz had entered the hospital on Oct. 16 to be treated for complications resulting from a fall and had recently undergone neurosurgery.

Currently, there is very little understanding as to who is at increased risk for ventriculitis, other than those who have undergone neurosurgery or procedures involving brain exposure.

They praised Mary Guarino, who returned to the table after undergoing neurosurgery in 1995.

Anthony was listed in critical condition with serious head and neck injuries, and was later transfered to Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital to undergo neurosurgery.

The following day, she underwent neurosurgery to repair a tear in a vertebral artery.

Breaux underwent neurosurgery in November 1978, just after becoming the full-time mayor.

Because Mr. Fishman is so candid and so revealing, I got an impression of what it is like to undergo neurosurgery that could only have been more vivid if it had happened to me.

She was listed in fair condition today at Westchester County Medical Center, where school officials said she had undergone neurosurgery to remove fragments of shattered bone.

In February 2006, at the age of 36, at very short notice, she underwent neurosurgery to prevent the aneurysm from rupturing, and was back at work about one month later, fully recovered.

Somerville suffered a brain tumour in 1993, for which she successfully underwent neurosurgery.