1.   Four patients got the external brace, and only one healed without a second operation.

2.   The damage occurred last weekend at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida when a weld failed on an external brace fitted to the outside of the door.

3.   The company said it was encouraged by the results, though scientists there are uncertain what the results from the work with the external brace may mean.

4.   They put some hardware in my hip to fix it, an external brace on my crushed lower leg and a plate into my shoulder.