Hip hip hooray
A 91 year old British man has strolled into the record books – for the World’s longest lasting hip replacement. Retired engineer Norman Sharp became the first person to undergo a hip op under th ...
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Hippy birthday
A British woman is the oldest patient in the world to have a full hip replacement – after having the operation to celebrate her 104th BIRTHDAY. Sprightly Edith Varley went under the knife after ...
Leeds Pilot back in the skies six weeks after double hip replacement
A retired commercial airlines captain from Leeds who had a double hip replacement was able to return to the skies just six weeks after surgery. Peter Atkinson, who became one of the British Airway’s ( ...
Newport man delighted to be among the hip-op pioneers
When retired supermarket manager Les Parry went into hospital for a new hip after he didn’t realise he was going to become part of an award-winning team. Seventy-year-old Les, of Rogerstone, Newport, ...