The technique involves inserting a titanium surgical implant and six screws into the foot to hold the bone into proper position.

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She had a titanium plate and cochlear implant fitted at Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital on Saturday.

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The teenager had a titanium plate and cochlear implant fitted and was discharged from the hospital in February to continue her rehabilitation.

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The "Herminator" endured skin grafts and surgery to implant a titanium rod in his leg, but was not ready to give up and was duly rewarded on Saturday.

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After surgeons attached the titanium plate and inserted the implant, the 15-year-old Malala was "very focused and enthusiastic, " White said.

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Last week doctors said they would use a titanium plate to cover an opening in her skull, and give her a cochlear implant to partially restore hearing in her left ear.

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