Posted by: BKMailo September 1, 2007
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Artificial hip lasts sixty years
A war veteran has made history with a hip replacement joint that is still going strong after 60 years.
William Jefferies, aged 86, underwent the operation to temporarily repair his hip in 1947 after being shot in Burma by a Japanese sniper.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6971954.stm