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The Mechanical Knee - DVD
Catalogue Number: NFB522085
Producer: National Film Board Of Canada
Producers: Jean Roy, Tom Daly
Directors: Claudia Overing
Producing Agencies: National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), Office national du film du Canada (Montreal)
Subject: Documentary, Health and Medicine, People With Disabilities, Women's Studies
Language: English
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 1971
Running Time: 21:45
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The Mechanical Knee - DVD 
Catalogue Number: NFB522085
Producer: National Film Board Of Canada
Producers: Jean Roy, Tom Daly
Directors: Claudia Overing
Producing Agencies: National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), Office national du film du Canada (Montreal)
Subject: Documentary, Health and Medicine, People With Disabilities, Women's Studies
Language: English
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 1971
Running Time: 21:45
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The account of a young secretary who is threatened by a giant cell tumor of the leg. Faced with three alternatives (amputation, fusion of the knee joint, or an experimental prosthesis), she chooses the mechanical knee. The film shows the various stages of the procedure: the construction of a hinged metal joint; in the operating room, the surgery to excise the affected area and insert the mechanical knee; and the physiotherapy that enabled her to return to work and a reasonably active life.