Surgery enables 5 Tibet children to walk normally

Five children with dislocated hips have been brought to Beijing from their homes in the Tibet autonomous region to receive treatment that doctors hope will enable them to walk normally.

On Monday, Tenpa Yugyel, a 3-year-old boy, and Chonyi Drolma, a 6-year-old girl, underwent surgery at the Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Deng Jingcheng, director of the hospital's orthopedics department who performed the surgeries, said.

"The surgeries lasted four to five hours and were very successful," Deng said. "They may walk almost like normal children when they recover."