Ill. Hospital Does Unique Study of Limbs (AP)
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Dr. Joshua Jacobs holds artificial hip joints Friday, Jan. 20, 2006, at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, that were recovered from a patient who received new implants. Jacobs and his colleagues, who routinely ask patients with artificial knees and hips if they would return them for study, have published several academic papers about what they've learned that can help the more than 400,000 Americans who have joints replaced each year. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
AP - It may seem impolite, but doctors at one Chicago hospital routinely ask patients with artificial knees and hips if they wouldn't mind returning their joints when they're done with them. |
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