The drugs can have unpleasant side effects, and the surgery is expensive and carries risks.

Some medicines may have harmful side effects, and surgery may carry certain risks.

Studies have found that in community hospitals the surgery carries as much as a 21 percent risk of actually causing a stroke.

Technically, it's very safe, but all surgery carries risks.

All surgeries carry a certain amount of risk.

All surgeries that use general anesthesia carry a small risk of complications or death.

But like any surgical procedure, the surgery carries a risk of infection.

She pointed out that any surgery - no matter how minor - carries a risk.

While the surgery carried the risk of reversing his recovery, the lung condition was considered life-threatening.

All surgeries carry some risk of infection or other complications.