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Article: Growing bones: Special paste helps mend bad breaks when pieces are missing.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- December 18, 2000
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DETROIT _ When Stacy Pilarski entered Detroit Receiving Hospital earlier this month, she was missing 4-5 inches of bone from her lower left leg.
In August 1999, a random shooting shattered her tibia and tore muscles and nerves. Unable to walk or play her beloved softball since then, the 31-year-old has been living in various relatives' homes, making it through the days _ and the longer nights _ on painkillers. A titanium rod _ now a permanent fixture _ was implanted in her leg soon after the incident and has kept her leg from collapsing.
But during a 2-hour operation, the gap in Pilarski's leg was repaired. The missing bone was replaced with a mixture of ...
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...Pilarski, Mary Monday, January 31, 2000 Pilarski, Mary (Nee Yarh). January 29, 2000. Age 84. Dear mother ... Sue). Dear grandmother of Dawn (David) Hoyt, Chad Pilarski, Kim, Brett and Mandy Williams. Dear mother-in-law ...
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