Her partial prosthesis had worn through the bone on the lower surface of her knee.

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The surface of the road still needs work, but the improvements already mean that a bone-shaking two day journey has been turned into a very dusty but manageable 12-hour drive.

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Doctors at the Rizzoli hospital stressed that they also took great care not to ruin the face of the donor, substituting the removed bone with a wax mould, and avoiding making any surface cuts to the deceased's face.

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