In Hoss s case, the trip home was to remove shrapnel from a wound he received before the Sept. 16 shootings.

Doctors removed shrapnel from her head, rebuilt her shattered femurs, and applied skin grafts to extensive burns on both legs.

One quadriplegic patient was so weakened by recurring infections that doctors had to wait a year before removing shrapnel from his neck.

Another serviceman, Todd Ringwelski, was reported to have undergone surgery to remove shrapnel from a foot.

He drove himself to a hospital and later underwent a two-hour operation to remove shrapnel.

A 6-year-old boy, Ghulam, lies panting in intensive care; doctors say they removed shrapnel from his lung.

Doctors had operated the day before to remove shrapnel from her chest.

Eugene died when Hines was six months old due to an operation to remove shrapnel from a war wound.

An operation was performed on Rouse's left temporal region to remove shrapnel.

Mr. Woodruff underwent three hours of surgery on Monday to remove shrapnel, another person close to the family said.