Word: patella
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Mary Lou had to prove it during the weeks leading up to the opening ceremonies. In June, torn cartilage caused her knee to lock. She flew to Richmond, Va., for eleventh-hour arthroscopic surgery to remove three fragments that had drifted under her patella. Doctors operated at 8 a.m., making three small incisions to remove the cartilage, clear the blockage and restore flexibility to the joint. At 7:30 p.m., she boarded a plane to Houston; the next morning, she was in the gym riding an exercise bike. Exactly two weeks after the surgery, she was flying through...