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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Mike Cronin / The Bulletin
October 22, 2003
The insides of 63-year-old Marion Palmateer's right knee lay exposed on the operating table while Dr. Knute Buehler shaped her femur and tibia with a drill, saw and hammer.
Buehler's tools during the Tuesday morning procedure at St. Charles Medical Center-Bend resembled the low-technology....