War veteran, 73, receives knee replacement surgery VnExpress Kien, a 73-year-old war veteran, underwent knee replacement surgery for severe osteoarthritis, 53 years after being shot in the war.
Shrapnel removed from veteran's arm after half a century VnExpress After nearly 50 years of carrying shrapnel from the battlefield, 75-year-old veteran and military doctor Nguyen Dinh Quang underwent successful surgery at Viet Duc Friendship Hospital.
