Attitudes about medical tourism have changed over the years, with a 2009 Gallup study showing that 29 percent of Americans would consider getting medical care outside the United States.

Now, hundreds of thousands of Americans travel for health care every year. So what procedures are they traveling to get, or would they get?

According to the Center for Medical Tourism Research, here are the top ten medical treatments patients say they'd be willing to obtain outside the country.

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