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Dates: during 1970-1979
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LIMBS. Artificial thigh bones made of titanium and other modern alloys are being developed, primarily by Japanese surgeons. Dr. Yasuto Itami, of Tokyo, recently designed and implanted a titanium and polyethylene thigh bone that can be precisely adjusted to fit the patient when it is installed. Other orthopedists are using cords of woven Dacron-which is chemically inert and thus will not trigger an immune response -to repair or replace damaged tendons. Dr. William Harrison Jr. of Tulsa, Okla., uses Dacron tubing to repair separated shoulders; the material forms a scaffolding or framework upon which new ligament can grow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Modern Men of Parts | 3/18/1974 | See Source »

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