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Innovative surgery: Jatin Patel, 12, of Markham dispalys the result of successful surgery to lenthen the bone in his left leg, using a technique pioneeered by a Soviet doctor
Innovative surgery: Jatin Patel, 12, of Markham dispalys the result of successful surgery to lenthen the bone in his left leg, using a technique pioneeered by a Soviet doctor

Innovative surgery: Jatin Patel, 12, of Markham dispalys the result of successful surgery to lenthen the bone in his left leg, using a technique pioneeered by a Soviet doctor

Date4/19/1989
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Dr. Robert Newton: Doctor will address seminar on latest techniques in plastic and esthetic surgery.
Dr. Robert Newton: Doctor will address seminar on latest techniques in plastic and esthetic surgery.
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George Dutton: Metro man 'owes his life' to doctor who performed delicate surgery.
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Techniques in demand: His methods of analyzing bones enable Dr. Imre Lengyel to deduce from a single vertebra the sex, blood type and age at death of the person it belonged to.
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Looking ahead: Little Kristos Kalev from Parnu, Estonia, will undergo surgery on his legs tomorrow that doctors say will help him walk unassisted
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His left leg amputated as a result of his three years in a Japanese prison camp in World War II, subway collector R. J.Flemming, 52, has been parking his car in subway station bus loops but the Toronto Transit Commission now has forbidden him to. Cabs wou
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